Handy v. U.S. Postal Service’s Empirical Analysis
754 F.2d 335 · 1985
Citation profile
9 federal appellate · 1 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 37 later decisions — most recently August 2016 · most notably Ward v. United States Postal Service (2011), Smith v. United States Postal Service (1986)
9 federal appellate · 1 state decisions
Later decisions citing this case, by decade. The current decade is in progress, and our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so the latest bars are undercounted — not a real decline.
Relationships
Applies 28 U.S.C. § 1295 · 5 U.S.C. § 7513 · 5 U.S.C. § 7701 · 5 U.S.C. § 7703
Relies on Truong Dinh Hung v. United States · Connecticut v. Glidden · Brewer v. United States Postal Service · 227 Ct. Cl. 276 - Brewer v. United States Postal Service · Adams v. Department of Transportation
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 37 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“It is insufficient simply to show that a statutory procedure was not followed at the agency level. Harmful error must be shown.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“We would add only that paragraphs (A) and (C) are not directed to the same end. Harmful error in procedures (paragraph A) raises the question: Did the wrongful procedure harm the employee in the presentation of his defense so that a different result might have been reached? Paragraph (C), on the other hand, is directed to the decision itself. Was the decision in its entirety in accordance with law?”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“shows harmful error in the application of the agency's procedures in arriving at such decision.”
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.