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← 400 FSUPP 53 - Goldstein v. Middendorf

Goldstein v. Middendorf’s Empirical Analysis

1975

Citation profile

2
cited by 2 later decisions
May 1976
most recently cited

2 federal appellate ·

Relationships

Applies 50 U.S.C. § 3806

Relies on United States v. Seeger · Welsh II v. United States · Witmer v. United States · Gillette v. United States · Clay 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.

  1. “to make sure that the answer he gave was consistent with his claimed beliefs and did not contradict any previous statement contained in his written application.”
    1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
  2. “rambling, disjointed, vague, and generally disorganized . . .,”
    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.