Ferenz v. Folsom’s Empirical Analysis
237 F.2d 46 · 1956
Citation profile
21 federal appellate · 12 district ·
How this case has been cited
Cited by 77 later decisions — most recently May 1986 · most notably Goldman v. Folsom (1957), Boyd v. Folsom (1958)
21 federal appellate · 12 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 42 U.S.C. § 402 (§ 202 of the Social Security Act of 1935) · 42 U.S.C. § 405 (§ 205 of the Social Security Act of 1935)
Relies on Universal Camera Corp. v. National Labor Relations Board · National Labor Relations Board v. Hearst Publications, Inc. · National Labor Relations Board v. Link-Belt Co. · Gray v. Powell · Walker v. Altmeyer
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 77 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““As part of his answer the Secretary shall file a certified copy of the transcript of the record including the evidence upon which the findings and decision complained of are based. The court shall have power to enter, upon the pleadings and transcript of the record, a judgment affirming, modifying, or reversing the decision of the Secretary, with or without remanding the cause for a rehearing. The findings of the Secretary as to any fact, if supported by substantial evidence, shall be conclusive * *”
14 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Hays v. Finch · Rose v. Finch““Upon the death, after August 1950, of an individual who died a fully or currently insured individual, an amount equal to three times such individual’s primary insurance amount shall be paid in a lump sum to the person, if any, determined by the Administrator to be the widow or widower of the deceased and to have been living with the deceased at the time of death * * *."”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“living with her husband at the time of his death”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Boyd v. Folsom
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.