United States v. Scott’s Empirical Analysis
1986
Citation profile
How this case has been cited
Cited by 26 later decisions — most recently October 2014 · most notably United States v. Deland (1986), United States v. Court (1987)
Later decisions citing this case, by decade. The current decade is in progress, and our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so the latest bars are undercounted — not a real decline.
Relationships
Applies 10 U.S.C. § 804 · 10 U.S.C. § 933
Relies on Parker v. Levy · O'Callahan v. Parker · Relford v. Commandant, U. S. Disciplinary Barracks · United States v. Johanns · United States v. Timberlake
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 26 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“In essence, Article 133 is, in every sense, an offense which is unique to the military community and is of special significance therein. It focuses on the fact that an accused is “an officer” and that his conduct has brought discredit upon all officers and, thus, upon the honor, integrity, and good character inherent in this important, unique status, (footnote omitted) ... ... Too much time has been spent and too many lives have been lost defending this concept [of “an officer and a gentleman”] to let it die now by judicial edict.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
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.