Young v. Brown’s Empirical Analysis
1996
Citation profile
1 federal appellate ·
Relationships
Applies 38 U.S.C. § 101 (Agent Orange Act of 1991) · 38 U.S.C. § 1112 · 38 U.S.C. § 7252 · 38 U.S.C. § 7261
Relies on Gilbert v. Derwinski · Bagby v. Derwinski · Young v. Brown · Manibog 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 1 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“the standard, and under these guidelines, the Secretary has discretion to determine whether the conditions described in the record are comparable to those experienced by POWs of enemy governments. In this appeal, the Board found that the experiences were not comparable. The Court holds that the [Board] had a rational basis for denying the appellant POW status in this case. 15 Young, 9 Vet.App. at 144. From this decision, Young appeals to us. Discussion 16 POW status for those held by foreign governments is defined under 38 U.S.C. § 101(32)(B) as follows: 17 The term”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Young v. Gober“physical hardships or abuse, psychological hardships or abuse, malnutrition, and unsanitary conditions. Each individual member of a particular group of detainees or internees shall, in the absence of evidence to the contrary, be considered to have experienced the same circumstances as those experienced by the group.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Young v. Gober“weak ankles aggravated by military service,”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Young v. Gober
How this case has been treated — in progress
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