Lamb v. Patterson’s Empirical Analysis
154 F.2d 319 · 1946
Citation profile
4 district ·
How this case has been cited
Cited by 6 later decisions (2 by the Supreme Court) — most recently April 1973
4 district ·
Later decisions citing this case, by decade. The current decade is in progress, and our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so the latest bars are undercounted — not a real decline.
Appellate journey
Relationships
Applies 10 U.S.C. § 1580
Relies on Arizona Grocery Co. v. Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Co. · Galliher v. Cadwell · Miguel v. McCarl · Reid v. United States · Davis v. Woodring
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 6 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“1. The blank for honorable discharge, when the soldier’s conduct has been such as to warrant his reenlistment and his service has been honest and faithful.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Patterson v. Lamb“2. The blank for dishonorable discharge, for dishonorable discharge by sentence of a court martial or a military commission.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Patterson v. Lamb“a soldier in the military service of the United States”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Patterson v. Lamb
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.