Powers v. United States’s Empirical Analysis
401 F.2d 813 · 1968
Citation profile
5
cited by 5 later decisions
October 1983
most recently cited
Relationships
Applies 10 U.S.C. § 5133 · 10 U.S.C. § 5138 · 10 U.S.C. § 5150 · 10 U.S.C. § 6323 · 37 U.S.C. § 202
Relies on Rainwater v. United States · Ricker 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 5 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“we hold that the statutory scheme clearly bares the Congress' intention that plaintiff's retired pay be based upon the highest rate of pay he received while on active duty,”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
How this case has been treated — in progress
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