West v. Brown’s Empirical Analysis
558 F.2d 757 · 1977
Citation profile
25 federal appellate · 4 district · 1 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 43 later decisions — most recently May 2016 · most notably Williams v. Secretary of the Navy (1986), Trafelet v. Thompson (1979)
25 federal appellate · 4 district · 1 state decisions
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 Washington v. Davis · Weinberger v. Salfi · Orloff v. Willoughby · Gilligan v. Morgan · Shoup Voting Machine Corp. v. Datamedia Computer Service, Inc.
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 43 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“present a single inquiry, focusing on disruption of military functions and distortion of factors such as troop morale which are important to the operation of the military.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“our review would entail a sizeable leap into an area in which the only compass is accumulated military experience.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“(2) An applicant without a spouse may be processed for enlistment or reenlistment when the child or children have been placed in the custody of the other parent of the child or children by the court order and the applicant is not required to provide child support. No waiver is required. Court order will remain in effect throughout member’s term of service. (3) An applicant without a spouse and with one or more dependents under 18 years of age is disqualified except as provided in (3) and (4) below. No waivers are authorized. An applicant without a spouse is defined as an applicant who is unmarried, is divorced, spouse is deceased, spouse has deserted applicant, spouse is incarcerated, spouse is not residing permanently with applicant, or applicant has sole custody of the dependent(s).”
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.