United States v. Blackwell’s Empirical Analysis
1970
Citation profile
1 district ·
Relationships
Applies 50 U.S.C. § 3809 · 50 U.S.C. § 3811
Relies on Estep v. United States · Dickinson v. United States · Witmer v. United States · Brady v. United States · Brotherhood of Railroad Signalmen v. Southern Railway Co.
Most-quoted passages
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““However, the fortuitous timing of such a claim is a circumstance which may properly be considered by the Board, for as Judge Friendly has aptly observed: “ ‘Sudden accessions of belief may be utterly sincere, as the memorable one on the Damascus road; but they seldom synchronize so perfectly as (registrant’s) with external facts making them convenient, and they normally manifest themselves in expressions more deeply personal than his.’ ””
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Cohen v. Laird
How this case has been treated — in progress
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