McLaughlin v. Hagel’s Empirical Analysis
767 F.3d 113 · 2014
Citation profile
3 district ·
Relationships
Applies 1 U.S.C. § 7 · 28 U.S.C. § 2412
Relies on Pierce v. Underwood · William Marbury v. James Madison · United States v. Windsor · Sierra Club v. Secretary of the Army · Zivotofsky Ex Rel. Zivotofsky v. Clinton
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.
“the position of the United States was substantially justified or that special circumstances make an award unjust.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Michel v. Mayorkas
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.