Stacy v. Colvin’s Empirical Analysis
825 F.3d 563 · 2016
Citation profile
1 federal appellate · 1 district · 1 state decisions
Relationships
Applies 28 U.S.C. § 1291
Relies on Sullivan v. Hudson · Thomas v. Barnhart · Carmickle v. Commissioner, Social Security Administration · Shirley J. Vertigan v. William A. Halter, Acting Commissioner of Social Security · United States v. Cote
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.
“any issue not expressly or impliedly disposed of on appeal.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“The law of the case doctrine generally prohibits a court from considering an issue that has already been decided by that same court or a higher court in the same case...The doctrine is concerned primarily with efficiency, and should not be applied when the evidence on remand is substantially different, when the controlling law has changed, or when applying the doctrine would be unjust...A district court's discretionary decision to apply the law of the case doctrine is reviewed for an abuse of discretion...”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“A district court that has received the mandate of an appellate court cannot vary or examine that mandate for any purpose other than executing it ...At the same time, the rule of mandate allows a lower court to decide anything not foreclosed by the mandate...A district court is limited by our remand when the scope of the remand is clear...Violation of the rule of mandate is a jurisdictional error...”
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.