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· 2/24/1971

Relford v. Commandant, US Disciplinary Barracks, Fort Leavenworth

Citations

  • 401 U.S. 355
  • 91 S. Ct. 649
  • 28 L. Ed. 2d 102
  • 1971 U.S. LEXIS 80

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • listing the factors to be considered in the context of the “ ‘service-connected’ test”
  • equating an offense violative of the physical security of a person, such as the rapes and kidnapping at issue in the case, with a “crime against the person of the individual”
  • equating an offense violative of the physical security of a person, such as the rapes and kidnapping at issue in the case, with a “crime against the person of the individual”
  • “a serviceman’s crime against the person of an individual upon the base ... is ‘service connected’ ”
  • An offense committed by a service member on post is service connected and subject to court-martial jurisdiction
  • off-base attempted rape, housebreaking, and assault with intent to commit rape did not involve “flouting”

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Judges: Blackmun

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