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← 8 VETAPP 165 - Dillon v. Brown

Dillon v. Brown’s Empirical Analysis

1995

Citation profile

15
cited by 15 later decisions
July 2007
most recently cited

Relationships

Applies 28 U.S.C. § 2412

Relies on Hensley v. Eckerhart · Pierce v. Underwood · Thurber v. Brown · Essex Electro Engineers, Inc. v. United States · Stillwell v. Brown

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 15 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

  1. “and in determining the reasonableness of the Secretary's position during the administrative proceedings the court looks to”
    1 later decision quote this exact passage
  2. “the circumstances surrounding the resolution of the dispute,”
    1 later decision quote this exact passage
  3. “the relevant, determinative circumstances.”
    1 later decision quote this exact passage

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.