Decker v. Wheeler’s Empirical Analysis
1970
Citation profile
2
cited by 2 later decisions
June 1971
most recently cited
2 federal appellate ·
Relationships
Relies on Estep v. United States · United States v. Seeger · Dickinson v. United States · Welsh II v. United States · Sicurella v. United States
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 2 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“Any objection to war in any form he might truly hold is based solely on sociological experiences, philosophical views, a personal moral code, and objection to the current conflict in Vietnam”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Rosengart v. Laird“LT Decker [is] an opportunist who is attempting to use the machinery of conscientious objection to avoid fulfilling his military obligation.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Rosengart v. Laird“LT Decker's alleged conscientious objector beliefs are not truly held”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Rosengart v. Laird
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.