168 F. Supp. 291 - Aaron v. Fleming’s Empirical Analysis
1958
Citation profile
44 federal appellate · 25 district · 1 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 117 later decisions — most recently February 1983 · most notably Kerner v. Flemming (1960), Butler v. Flemming (1961)
44 federal appellate · 25 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
Applies 42 U.S.C. § 405 (§ 205 of the Social Security Act of 1935) · 42 U.S.C. § 416 (§ 216 of the Social Security Act of 1935)
Relies on Consolidated Edison Co of New York v. National Labor Relations Board · Jacobson v. Folsom
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 117 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““ ‘Implicit in this criterion (of ability to engage in substantial gainful activity) is that the gainful work be commensurate with plaintiff’s educational attainments, his training and experience. * * * For a man engaged in active and high pressure selling all of his adult life a transition at this late stage in life to a “white collar” job under close supervision might be unrealistic and irreconcilable with his training and experience. Furthermore, his ability to obtain such employment, in view of his selling background, might be doubtful.’ ””
10 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority““Substantial evidence is more than a mere scintilla. It means such relevant evidence as a reasonable mind might accept as adequate to support a conclusion.””
5 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority““In this connection, you should bear in mind the term ‘disability’ as used in the Act means in effect total and permanent disability, inability to engage in any substantial gainful activity whatsoever, and that is the primary question which I will consider on the medical evidence in the record and in the light of your testimony, so thanks again for coming in.” (Tr. 50)”
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.