O'Mara v. Zebrowski’s Empirical Analysis
447 F.2d 1085 · 1971
Citation profile
9 federal appellate · 9 district · 1 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 41 later decisions — most recently November 2003 · most notably Hagopian v. Knowlton (1972), Johnson v. Hoffman (1977)
9 federal appellate · 9 district · 1 state decisions
Later decisions citing this case, by decade. The current decade is in progress, and our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so the latest bars are undercounted — not a real decline.
Relationships
Relies on Bell v. Burson · Orloff v. Willoughby · Time, Inc. v. Bon Air Hotel, Inc. · Harmon v. Brucker · Eaton v. Hobson
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 41 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“. . . inducted servicemen. They [reservists] voluntarily subject themselves to the jurisdiction of the Army, and when they enlist, they are apprised of the consequences. . . .”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority““e. In addition to the orientation requirements specified in paragraph 13, the unit commander will— (1) Insure that following each scheduled training assembly (UTA or MUTA) from which a member is absent without authority, but prior to the next scheduled training assembly except as provided in (2) below— (a) The member is contacted in person, if practicable, and furnished with a letter of instruction (prepared locally) outlining his obligation to participate satisfactorily, stating the number of absences he has accrued and explaining the implications of additional unexcused absence from training. (b) If he is unable or it is impracticable to establish personal contact, the member is furnished the letter of instruction by certified mail, delivered to addressee only, return receipt requested. (c) A copy of the letter of instruction and the Post Office receipt, if applicable, are filed in the member’s Military Personnel Records Jacket as permanent documents. (2) If the absence(s) charged will result in a total accrual of five or more unexcused absences in a 1-year period, determine if any cogent or emergency reasons existed which prevent the member from attending. If no such reasons existed, he will forward the member’s Military Personnel Records Jacket to the appropriate area commander or State adjutant general requesting that he be ordered to active duty as prescribed in ‘a’ above.” (emphasis ours)”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority““to review procedures employed by the military to determine if they comport with the requirements of procedural due process in light of the context in which the procedures operate.” O’Mara v. Zebrowski, 447 F.2d 1085, 1088 (3d Cir. 1971).”
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.