708 F. Supp. 716 - May v. Gray’s Empirical Analysis
1988
Citation profile
2 federal appellate · 4 district ·
Relationships
Applies 10 U.S.C. § 1552 · 10 U.S.C. § 681 · 28 U.S.C. § 1346 (Federal Tort Claims Act)
Relies on Board of Regents of State Colleges v. Roth · Cleveland Board of Education v. Loudermill · Bishop v. Wood · Meyer v. State of Nebraska · Bolling v. Sharpe
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 12 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“This provision effectively limits the scope of any property interest in continued military employment. However, the phraseology of the statute does not completely defeat the recognition of such a property interest and may be considered within the protection of the Due Process Clause.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“No regular enlisted member of an armed force may be discharged before his term of service expires, except— (1) as prescribed by the Secretary concerned; (2) by sentence of a general or special court martial; or (3) as otherwise provided by law.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“Except as otherwise provided in this title, the Secretary concerned may at any time release a Reserve under his jurisdiction from active duty.”
1 later decision 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.