Epps v. Brown’s Empirical Analysis
1996
Citation profile
Relationships
Applies 38 U.S.C. § 501 · 38 U.S.C. § 5103 · 38 U.S.C. § 5107 · 38 U.S.C. § 7102 · 38 U.S.C. § 7252 · 38 U.S.C. § 7261 · 5 U.S.C. § 552 (Freedom of Information Act)
Relies on Lujan v. Defenders of Wildlife · Warth v. Seldin · Allen v. Wright · Schlesinger v. Reservists Committee to Stop the War · Murphy 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 19 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“it would be inappropriate for the Court to enter any definitive rulings regarding the alleged infirmities with the [Hearing Officer] program in general, and with the hearing afforded [Epps] in particular”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Epps v. Gober“shall have the burden of submitting evidence sufficient to justify a belief by a fair and impartial individual that the claim is well grounded.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Epps v. Gober
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.