Colson v. Bradley’s Empirical Analysis
477 F.2d 639 · 1973
Citation profile
15
cited by 15 later decisions
1
cited 1 times by the Supreme Court
June 1987
most recently cited
9 federal appellate ·
Relationships
Applies 10 U.S.C. § 687 · 10 U.S.C. § 938
Relies on Harmon v. Brucker · David A. Konn v. Hon. Melvin R. Laird
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.
“[a]ny member of the armed forces who believes himself wronged by his commanding officer”
3 later decisions 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.