Ferren v. Ribicoff’s Empirical Analysis
1962
Citation profile
3
cited by 3 later decisions
July 1965
most recently cited
3 federal appellate ·
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 Lewis v. Flemming
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 3 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“Before the claimant can be granted a `period of disability' it must be shown that he was suffering the disability at the time the application was filed.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Hayes v. Celebrezze
How this case has been treated — in progress
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