Leo v. Brown’s Empirical Analysis

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

1. “We note that this case presents yet another instance of the continuing problems relating to the Board’s processes for informing claimants in a timely fashion of decisions on their claims.... We also note that if the Secretary continues to experience problems in identifying a claimant’s actual representative and the appropriate address for corresponding with such representative, the Secretary possesses the authority to take steps to solve that problem. See 38 U.S.C. § 501 ; see also 38 U.S.C. §§ 5901-04 , 7104(e).”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the concurrence
   e.g. Hill v. Brown

2. “After reaching a decision in a case, the Board shall promptly mail a copy of its written decision to the claimant and the claimant’s authorized representative (if any) at the last known address of the claimant and at the last known address of such representative (if any).”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Hill v. Brown