Brown v. Hunter’s Empirical Analysis
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.
“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 passagee.g. Dodson v. Zelez
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.