Sargisson v. United States’s Empirical Analysis
913 F.2d 918 · 1990
Citation profile
21 federal appellate · 4 district ·
How this case has been cited
Cited by 152 later decisions — most recently January 2017 · most notably Fisher v. United States (2005), Holley v. United States (1997)
21 federal appellate · 4 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
Applies 10 U.S.C. § 277 · 10 U.S.C. § 681 · 28 U.S.C. § 1491 · 37 U.S.C. § 204
Relies on Baker v. Carr · United States v. Testan · Bradley v. School Board of City of Richmond · Bowen v. Georgetown University Hospital · Greene v. McElroy
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 152 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[t]here is no way a court can review that conclusion. A court lacks the special expertise needed to review reserve officers' records and rank them on the basis of relative merit. . . .”
5 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“[First, the court must ascertain] ‘whether the duty asserted can be judicially identified and its breach judicially determined, and [second] whether protection for the right asserted can be judicially molded....’ We have emphasized that judicial review is only appropriate where the Secretary’s discretion is limited, and Congress has established ‘tests and standards’ against which the court can measure his conduct____ Unless such a test or standard is provided, courts must abstain.”
4 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“Except as otherwise provided in this title, the Secretary concerned may at any time release a Reserve under his jurisdiction from active duty.”
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.