United States v. Hanson’s Empirical Analysis
460 F.2d 337 · 1972
Citation profile
11 federal appellate · 4 district ·
Relationships
Applies 50 U.S.C. § 3806 · 50 U.S.C. § 3811
Relies on Estep v. United States · United States v. Seeger · Welsh II v. United States · Gillette v. United States · Fein v. Selective Serv. System Local Bd. No. 7 of Yonkers
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 15 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““We are now persuaded that, in the particular circumstances of this case, the failure of the local board to state reasons for denying petitioner conscientious objector status was error.””
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
How this case has been treated — in progress
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