Sanger v. Seamans’s Empirical Analysis
507 F.2d 814 · 1974
Citation profile
21 federal appellate ·
How this case has been cited
Cited by 33 later decisions — most recently January 2008 · most notably United States v. Mandel (1990), Matlovich v. Secretary of the Air Force (1978)
21 federal appellate ·
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 United States v. Seeger · Welsh II v. United States · Witmer v. United States · Gillette v. United States · Mulloy 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 33 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“serious consideration to the recommendations of the officers who actually interviewed [Woods].”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“late crystallization of conscientious objector beliefs alone is an insufficient ground for denying a discharge, but we did not rule out an adverse decision when there is 'some other factor casting doubt on the good faith of the applicant.'”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“applicant asserts a prima facie claim for such status if he makes nonfrivolous allegations 'that, if true, would be sufficient under regulation or statute to warrant granting the requested reclassification....'”
2 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.