United States v. Bonga’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

6 federal appellate ·

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.

1. ““It is well established that exemption from military service is a matter of legislative grace. Being a privilege and not an inherent right, it has been held that a claim for exemption ‘may be abandoned by the holder like any other personal privilege.’ United States v. Schoebel, 201 F.2d 31, 32 (7th Cir. 1953). Accord: Boyd v. United States, 269 F. 2d 607 (9th Cir. 1959); Keene v. United States, 266 F.2d 378 (10th Cir. 1959). “The privilege of exemption is not. self-asserting. It is the obligation of the registrant to apprise his local board in timely fashion of his claim and of the facts in support thereof. While 32 C.F.R. § 1625.1 expressly recognizes that ‘[n]o classification is permanent’, it requires a registrant to report, within ten days of its occurrence, any fact which might, alter his classification. “Regulation 1625.2, quoted above,, prescribes a reasonable and orderly procedure for re-evaluating classifications in light of new or additional information. It specifically forbids a reopening of classification after an induction order has been mailed, except where an involuntary change of status has occurred.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Sorenson v. Williams