Boyd v. Folsom’s Empirical Analysis
257 F.2d 778 · 1958
Citation profile
22 federal appellate · 8 district · 1 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 97 later decisions — most recently June 1991 · most notably Thomas v. Celebrezze (1964), Mazzilli v. Acc. & Cas. Ins. Co. of Winterthur (1961)
22 federal appellate · 8 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
Relies on Universal Camera Corp. v. National Labor Relations Board · Baumgartner v. United States · Galena Oaks Corporation v. Frank Scofield, Collector of Internal Revenue · Aetna Life Insurance v. Texas Gulf Sulphur Co. · Goldman 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 97 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, * * *.”
6 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority““The involvements and complexities which underlie the marriage relationship do not lend themselves to rigid and dogmatic interpretation. To limit the evaluation of whether husband and wife were living together in one household to sole consideration of living under one roof is, in my judgment, unduly restricting and giving shallow effect to the meaning and significance of the sanctity of marriage vows.” Boyd v. Folsom, 149 F. Supp. 925, 927 (D. C. W. D. Pa. 1957), affirmed 257 F. 2d 778 ( 3 Cir. 1958).”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“has warrant in the record, viewing that record as a whole,”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Grey v. Heckler
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.