Roth v. Laird’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

7 federal appellate · 3 district ·

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

1. ““[Administration of the hardship exemption necessarily involves a balancing of the individual’s claim against the nation’s needs, and the balance may differ from time to time and from place to place in a manner beyond the competence of a court to decide * * *. [T]his is a subject on which civil review of discretionary action by the military should be declined.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 418 F. Supp. 146 - Arnold v. Rumsfeld

2. “This is the evidence which the Army authorities had before them in considering Roth's appeal. The district court may review action taken by military authorities to insure that it is not violative of applicable regulations . . . or to insure that their decision is not so arbitrary and irrational that it cannot stand . . . .”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Karlin v. Reed