Nicholson v. Rumsfeld’s Empirical Analysis
1977
Citation profile
4
cited by 4 later decisions
May 1992
most recently cited
1 district ·
Relationships
Relies on Ashwander v. Tennessee Valley Authority · Mindes v. Seaman · Silverthorne v. Laird · Peavy v. Warner · White v. Callaway
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 4 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““With further reference to the factual basis standard, it would seem that there could hardly be any standard less demanding. If administrators are unable to demonstrate some factual basis for their factual decisions, then meaningful judicial review would be impossible as there would be nothing to analyze except the rules themselves and the administrators’ own assertions that they did, indeed, comply with those rules.””
1 later decision quote this exact passage“the right to assign Petitioner to an Air Force Reserve unit in the vicinity of Freeport for the remainder of his six-year obligation which ends November 29, 1977.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“that government officials carry out their duties in a lawful manner”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
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.