George v. United States’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

47 federal appellate · 6 district · 10 state decisions

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

1. ““In sum, as the exemption from participation in war on the ground of religious training and belief can be granted or withheld by the Congress, the Congress is free to determine the persons to whom it will grant it, and may deny it to persons whose opinions the Congress does not class as ‘religious’ in the ordinary acceptance of the word. So assuming that the definition of ‘religious training and belief’ in Section 456(j) is restrictive, such restriction is within the constitutional power of the Congress.””

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Clark v. United States · 284 F. Supp. 514 - In Re Naturalization of Weitzman

2. ““Series I. — Claim for Exemption. “(A) * * * “(B) I am, by reason of my religious training and belief, conscientiously opposed to participation in war in any form and I am further conscientiously opposed to participation in, noncombatant training or service in the armed forces. I, therefore, claim exemption from combatant training and service and, if my claim is sustained, I understand that I will, because of my conscientious objection to noncombatant service in the armed forces, be deferred as provided in Section 6(j) of the Selective Service Act of 1948. [signed] Arthur P. Clark (Signature of registrant) “Series II — Religious Training and Beliefs. “1. Do you believe in a Supreme Being? Yes [ ] No [X] T do not know whether or not a supreme being exists.’ “2. Describe the nature of your belief which is the basis of your claim made in Series I above, and state whether or not your belief in a supreme being involves duties which to you are superior to those arising from any human relation. ‘I believe that the individual is of supreme worth — of more value than all the material goods, cultural accumulations, or states and governments. I do not believe that any individual has the moral right to take the life of another human being. I believe that all persons participating in the work of the armed forces are in part responsible for the destruction of human life which the armed forces is accomplishing.’”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Clark v. United States

3. ““ * * * Until the rise of juvenile delinquency and juvenile courts, minors everywhere were subjected to the penalties of all criminal statutes, even those relating to murder, * * * “Juvenile statutes allowing special treatment of offenders are a modern innovation. The first law creating a juvenile court was enacted by the Legislature of Illinois and went into effect on April 14, 1899. (Thorsten Sellin, in Foreword to ‘Juvenile Delinquency’, The Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science, No. 261, January 1949, pp. VII and VIII; Paul W. Tappan, Juvenile Delinquency, 1949, Chapter 8, pp. 167-194.) They were introduced into federal criminal jurisprudence by the Act of January 16, 1938, 52 Stat. 764 , Chapter 486.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 133 F. Supp. 38 - Suarez v. Wilkinson