United States v. Williams’s Empirical Analysis
421 F.2d 600 · 1970
Citation profile
19 federal appellate · 1 state decisions
Relationships
Applies 50 U.S.C. § 3811
Relies on Boyce Motor Lines, Inc. v. United States · Gutknecht v. United States · Graves v. United States · United States v. Rabb · United States v. Hoffman
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 21 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“The defendant’s failure to receive the notice to report is shown by the Selective Service record. The fact that such nonreceipt was the result of noncompliance with the duty to keep the Board advised of his address is immaterial because such noncompliance is another offense, [emphasis added]”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“To knowingly fail to perform a duty a person must be aware of the duty and deliberately or wilfully neglect to perform it. United States v. Williams, 421 F.2d 600 , 602 (10th Cir. 1970).”
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.