Lease v. Fleming’s Empirical Analysis
1959
Citation profile
2 federal appellate · 5 district ·
Relationships
Applies 42 U.S.C. § 405 (§ 205 of the Social Security Act of 1935)
Relies on Berry v. United States · Goldman v. Folsom · 168 F. Supp. 291 - Aaron v. Fleming · 166 F. Supp. 44 - Dunn v. Folsom · 169 F. Supp. 240 - Hill v. Fleming
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 14 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““The findings of the Secretary as to any fact, if supported by substantial evidence, shall be conclusive * * * ””
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.