Spock v. David’s Empirical Analysis
1972
Citation profile
2 federal appellate ·
Relationships
Applies 18 U.S.C. § 1382 · 28 U.S.C. § 1331
Relies on Cafeteria & Restaurant Workers Union, Local 473 v. McElroy · Schneider v. State · Lovell v. City of Griffin · Cox v. State of Louisiana · Adderley v. Florida
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 3 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“It is clear that the First Amendment rights of the plaintiffs must be carefully weighed against the interests of the military in prohibiting political activity in the confines of the base and other exercises inimical to the military mission at Fort Dix. The reasoning behind the Regulations [Fort Dix Nos. 210-26, 210-27] here involved is apparent. Aside from urging its personnel to vote, clearly a healthy motive, the military must remain politically antiseptic.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Spock v. David
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.