No 16454’s Empirical Analysis
1967
Citation profile
9 district ·
How this case has been cited
Cited by 31 later decisions — most recently January 1991 · most notably No 461 (1968), 325 F. Supp. 797 - Cortright v. Resor (1971)
9 district ·
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 Dombrowski v. Pfister · Estep v. United States · Orloff v. Willoughby · United States v. Seeger · Dickinson 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 31 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““ * * * It is perfectly rational and consonant with constitutional concerns, including the separation of powers to regard voluntarily enlisted servicemen as a distinct class from inducted civilians or servicemen in general discharged to civilian life.” (P. 152)”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“No vested right exists for any individual to be discharged from military service at his own request before the expiration of his term of service, whether he is serving voluntarily or involuntarily. * * * 5 "The fact of conscientious objection does not exempt men from the draft; however, the Congress has deemed it more essential to respect a man's religious beliefs than to force him to serve in the Armed Forces. * * * Consistent with this national policy, bona fide conscientious objection by persons who are members of the Armed Forces will be recognized to the extent practicable and equitable. 6 "* * * request for discharge after entering military service, based solely on conscientious objection which existed but was not claimed prior to induction or enlistment, cannot be entertained.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. No 461
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.