Gentila v. Pace’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

11 federal appellate · 2 district ·

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

1. ““We think Congress intended that the Board’s full and ‘final’ review should not be subjected to a further review, or series of reviews, in the courts. We may suppose that Congress considered the heavy burden that would be imposed upon courts if they were required to review the findings upon which Army discharges are based. * * * At the very least, we think the statute intends that merely erroneous findings of fact by the Discharge Review Board shall not be revised by a court.””

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 137 F. Supp. 475 - Harmon v. Brucker · Harmon v. Brucker

2. “Stripped of self-contradiction and legal conclusions, all that [Gentila's] complaint allege[d]”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Harmon v. Brucker

3. “final subject only to review by the Secretary,”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Michaelson v. Herren