Lobis v. Secretary of the United States Air Force’s Empirical Analysis
519 F.2d 304 · 1975
Citation profile
10 federal appellate · 6 district ·
How this case has been cited
Cited by 19 later decisions — most recently October 2009
10 federal appellate · 6 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 Estep v. United States · Witmer v. United States · Ehlert v. United States · Bates v. Commander, First Coast Guard District · Kessler 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 19 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[A]n alleged failure to manifest ... new-found convictions in a changed life-style seems of minor significance at best. His medical career was of a nature commonly supposed to be oriented towards public service, and there was no evidence, before or after crystallization, of habits or life-style incompatible with sincerely held CO beliefs.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“[s]omething more tangible than suspicion is needed to support a finding of insincerity.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“Appellant was then interviewed by a Navy chaplain. See 32 C.F.R. § 730.18(g). The chaplain found his beliefs sincere and recommended granting C.O. status. Finally, Lieutenant Goldstein was given a hearing before the designated Investigating Officer, Lieutenant Commander Hewett. The hearing officer prepared and forwarded the required written report on appellant. The report noted there was”
1 later decision 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.