Cason v. United States’s Empirical Analysis
461 F.2d 784 · 1972
Citation profile
20
cited by 20 later decisions
June 1988
most recently cited
Relationships
Applies 10 U.S.C. § 6330
Relies on O’Callahan v. Parker, Warden · Harmon v. Brucker · Stoner v. California · Lehnhausen v. Lake Shore Auto Parts Co. · Nicholas v. United States
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 20 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“* * * others have interests the court needs to consider, even though not parties nor-represented by counsel. These are the officials whose procedures were allegedly defective. Their impartiality, competence, or devotion to law are impugned more or less, and they are subjected to some harassment that interrupts their performance of public duty. Some peace and serenity they must surrender as a price of being in public employment, but at least they are entitled to this: that they should be allowed to defend and explain their acts when their recollection is fresh and relevant evidence has not disappeared, for their own reputations as well as to protect the public fisc. [Cason I, supra, 461 F.2d at 788 , 198 Ct.Cl. at 658 .]”
4 later decisions 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.