Smith v. Brady’s Empirical Analysis
1990
Citation profile
2 federal appellate ·
Relationships
Applies 39 U.S.C. § 401 · 42 U.S.C. § 2000E (§ 717 of the Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964) · 42 U.S.C. § 2000E (§ 705 of the Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964) · 5 U.S.C. § 5596
Relies on United States v. Testan · Brown v. General Services Administration · Library of Congress v. Shaw · Loeffler v. Frank · Spagnola v. Stockman
Most-quoted passages
The sentences later courts lift from this opinion, ranked by how many decisions quote each — the parts of the opinion doing the work. These counts are smaller than the citation total above because most of the 4 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“An employee of an agency who, on the basis of a timely appeal or an administrative determination ... is found by appropriate authority under applicable law, rule, regulation, or collective bargaining agreement, to have been affected by an unjustifled or unwarranted personnel action which has resulted in the withdrawal or reduction of all or part of the pay, allowances, or differentials ... [is entitled to back pay].”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“[a]n employee or an employee's personal representative initiates an appeal or grievance ..., [including] a discrimination complaint....”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“an entity having authority in the case at hand to correct or direct the correction of an unjustified or unwarranted personnel action,”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
How this case has been treated — in progress
Whether each later court followed, distinguished, criticized, or overruled this decision. The treatment classification (task #35) runs highest-cited cases first and lights up here as it reaches this one.