Nelson v. Miller’s Empirical Analysis
373 F.2d 474 · 1967
Citation profile
37 federal appellate · 31 district · 2 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 111 later decisions (1 by the Supreme Court) — most recently February 2025 · most notably Martinez v. United States (2003), Binder v. Triangle Publications, Inc. (1971)
37 federal appellate · 31 district · 2 state decisions
Later decisions citing this case, by decade. The current decade is in progress, and our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so the latest bars are undercounted — not a real decline.
Relationships
Relies on Mills v. Alabama · Little v. Oregon · George W. Sohm v. Henry H. Fowler, Secretary of the Treasury · Beard v. Stahr · Ogden v. Zuckert
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 111 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““ * * * the statute authorizing the creation of Boards of Correction was intended to supplant private bills in Congress for the correction of military records, and was not intended to affect judicial jurisdiction. * * * its function may, in particular cases, be that of a pardons board rather than an instrument for the interpretation and refinement of military regulations and procedures.” (Emphasis added.)”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“(1) A likelihood that petitioner will prevail on the merits of the appeal; (2) Irreparable injury to the petitioner unless the stay is granted; (3) No substantial harm to other interested persons; and (4) No harm to the public interest. [Id. at 252]”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Lynes v. Young“will direct such action in each case as he determines to be appropriate.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
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.