Dilley v. Alexander’s Empirical Analysis
1980
Citation profile
3 federal appellate · 3 state decisions
Relationships
Applies 10 U.S.C. § 1552 · 10 U.S.C. § 2774 · 10 U.S.C. § 687
Relies on Seaboard Shipping Corp. v. Moran Inland Waterways Corp. · Roaden v. Kentucky · Sanders v. United States · Greater Boston Television Corporation v. Federal Communications Commission, Whdh, Inc., a Massachusetts Corporation, Intervenor. Whdh, Inc. v. Federal Communications Commission, Greater Boston Television Corporation, a Massachusetts Corporation, Intervenor. Charles River Civic Television, Inc. v. Federal Communications Commission, Whdh, Inc., Boston Broadcasters Inc., Intervenors. Whdh, Inc. v. Federal Communications Commission, Boston Broadcasters, Inc., Intervenor. Greater Boston Tv Co., Inc. v. Federal Communications Commission, Whdh, Inc., Boston Broadcasters Inc., Intervenors · City of Cleveland, Ohio v. Federal Power Commission, Cleveland Electric Illuminating Co., Intervenor
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 8 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“. . . a member of a reserve component . . . who is released from active duty involuntarily, . . . and who has completed, immediately before his release, at least five years of continuous active duty, is entitled to a readjustment payment computed by multiplying his years of active service (other than in time of war or of national emergency declared by Congress after June 28, 1962), but not more than eighteen, by two months' basic pay of the grade in which he is serving at the time of his release. . . .”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Dilley v. Alexander“all applicable allowances allowed by law which would have accrued to the Plaintiffs had they actually served on active duty . . . including but not limited to, quarters allowance, accrued leave, hazardous duty pay, post exchange privileges, commissary privileges and reimbursement for medical expenses (including the health insurance premiums) incurred by the Plaintiffs and their dependents during the period of (illegal) release. . . .”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Dilley v. Alexander“Yet the Army does not conceal its intention to provide appellants with only non-retroactive reinstatement. See Army Response to Appellants' Motion for Clarification of Opinion. And non-retroactive reinstatement is not the relief”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Dilley v. Alexander
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.