Gann v. Wilson’s Empirical Analysis
1968
Citation profile
14 federal appellate · 5 district ·
Relationships
Applies 28 U.S.C. § 2241 (Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996)
Relies on Estep v. United States · United States v. Seeger · Dickinson v. United States · Witherspoon v. Illinois · Ogden v. Zuckert
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 28 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““Neither is it necessary for him to petition the Army Board for Correction of Military Records before seeking judicial relief from action taken by the Department of the Army which he claims to be arbitrary, and which by Department of Defense Directive 1300.6 is made final.””
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
How this case has been treated — in progress
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