Doe v. Rumsfeld’s Empirical Analysis
2003
Citation profile
2 federal appellate · 7 district ·
Relationships
Applies 10 U.S.C. § 1107 · 5 U.S.C. § 551 (Administrative Procedure Act of 1946) · 5 U.S.C. § 701
Relies on Lujan v. Defenders of Wildlife · Allen v. Wright · Friends of the Earth Incorporateds v. Laidlaw Environmental Services Inc · City of Los Angeles v. Lyons · Lujan v. National Wildlife Federation
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 11 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“of these [five] cases, two occurred in the placebo group, three occurred in the observation group, and no cases occurred in the vaccine group. Therefore, the indication section of the labeling for AVA does not specify the route of exposure, and the vaccine is indicated for active immunization against Bacillus an-thracis [anthrax], independent of the route of exposure.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“the order ... was given by the Secretary of Defense, not by commanders in the field”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Zaidan v. Trump“military authority exercised in the field in time of war or in occupied territory”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Zaidan v. Trump
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.