Michael E. Bratcher v. Robert S. McNamara Secretary of Defense’s Empirical Analysis
448 F.2d 222 · 1971
Citation profile
8 federal appellate · 1 district ·
How this case has been cited
Cited by 16 later decisions — most recently November 2007
8 federal appellate · 1 district ·
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 Carafas v. J · Peyton v. Rowe · McNally v. Hill · Hammond v. Lenfest · Craycroft v. Ferrall
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 16 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“represents a sufficient 'adverse collateral consequence' as to obviate mootness and require a consideration of the merits.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority““On September 27, 1967, the Secretary of Army determined that Bratcher qualified for classification as a conscientious objector. The Secretary did not however grant his request for 1-0 status which would have provided for discharge, but placed him in 1-A-O classification which had the effect of retaining appellant in the Army subject only to non-combatant type duties.””
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Lewine v. Laird
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.