Hill v. Brown’s Empirical Analysis
1996
Citation profile
Relationships
Applies 38 U.S.C. § 501 · 38 U.S.C. § 7104 · 38 U.S.C. § 7266
Relies on Christianson v. Colt Industries Operating Corp. · Prenzler v. Derwinski · Rosler v. Derwinski · Skinner v. Derwinski · Butler v. Derwinski
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 7 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“As to a mailing of a BVA decision copy to a national veterans service organization before June 1, 1994, the questions of any designation of a mailing address and the date of such designation will have to be determined as part of the Court’s finding of jurisdictional facts in that particular case. See Stokes v. Derwinski, 1 Vet.App. 201, 203 (1991) (Court has authority to find jurisdictional facts).”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“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
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.