Application of John Michael Speer v. Commander G. H. Hedrick’s Empirical Analysis

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25 federal appellate · 4 district ·

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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 39 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. ““If, as here [in C.O. cases], the issue is the registrant’s sincerity and good faith belief, then there must be some inference of insincerity or bad faith. “Since Witmer stated his beliefs with apparent sincerity, and since we find no indication anywhere in the record that his demeanor appeared shifty or evasive or that his appearance was one of unreliability, we must examine the objective facts before the Appeal Board to see whether they cast doubt on the sincerity of his claim.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Frisby v. Larsen