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172 F.2d 487 · 1949

Citation profile

3
cited by 3 later decisions
October 1990
most recently cited

3 federal appellate ·

Relationships

Applies 10 U.S.C. § 1521 · 10 U.S.C. § 1522 · 10 U.S.C. § 1564

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 3 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

  1. “The mandatory provisions ... imposed a compulsory duty upon the board to sentence petitioner to death or life imprisonment upon a finding of guilt. It had no alternative but to comply with the legislative direction.”
    1 later decision quote this exact passage

How this case has been treated — in progress

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