Cox v. United States’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

524 federal appellate · 53 district · 4 state decisions

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 780 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. ““The provision making the decisions of the local boards ‘final’ means to us that Congress chose not to give administrative action under this Act the customary scope of judicial review which obtains under other statutes. It means that the courts are not to weigh the evidence to determine whether the classification made by the local boards was justified. The decisions of the local boards made in conformity with the regulations are final even though they may be erroneous. The question of jurisdiction of the local board is reached only if there is no basis in fact for the classification which it gave the registrant. See Goff v. United States, 4 Cir., 135 F. 2d 610 , 612.””

   10 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Bates v. United States · Jones v. United States

2. “[t]he concept of a jury passing independently on an issue previously determined by an administrative body or reviewing the action of an administrative body is contrary to settled federal administrative practice; the constitutional right to jury trial does not include the right to have a jury pass on the validity of an administrative order.”

   8 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Clay v. United States · United States v. Morico

3. ““(1) Who is a regular minister of religion ; “(2) Who is a duly ordained minister of religion; “(3) Who is a student preparing for the ministry under the direction of a recognized church or religious organization and who is satisfactorily pursuing a full-time course of instruction in a recognized theological or divinity school; or “(4) Who is a student preparing for the ministry under the direction of a recognized church or religious organization and who is satisfactorily pursuing a full-time course of instruction leading to entrance into a recognized theological or divinity school in which he has been pre-enrolled. “ (b) Section 16 of title I of the Universal Military Training and Service Act, as amended [50 U.S.C.A.Appendix, § 466], contains in part the following provisions: “Sec. 16. When used in this title— * * * (g) (1) the term ‘duly ordained minister of religion’ means a person who has been ordained, in accordance with the eei'emonial, ritual, or discipline of a church, religious sect, or organization established on the basis of a community of faith and belief, doctrines and practices of a religious character, to preach and to teach the doctrines of such church, sect, or organization and to administer the rites and ceremonies thereof in public worship, and who as his regular and customary vocation preaches and teaches the principles of religion and administers the ordinances of public worship as embodied in the creed or principles of such church, sect, or organization.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. 211 F. Supp. 643 - United States v. Willard · 144 F. Supp. 793 - United States v. Bartell