Mc Gaha v. Ribicoff’s Empirical Analysis
1966
Citation profile
6 federal appellate · 1 district ·
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) · 42 U.S.C. § 423 (§ 223 of the Social Security Act of 1935) · 5 U.S.C. § 1009
Relies on Adams v. Flemming · Randall v. Flemming · 184 F. Supp. 490 - Corn v. Flemming · Mabry v. Travelers Ins. · Adams 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 11 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“In explaining the concept of `substantial gainful activity' in hearings on H.R. 7225 (the Social Security Amendments of 1956), the defendant [Secretary] submitted a statement to the Senate Committee on Finance, 84th Cong., 2d Sess., which read (p. 43): 509 "`Substantial gainful activity means the performance of substantial services with reasonable regularity * * complete helplessness is not necessary to a finding of an allowable disability. Sporadic or infrequent activity would not necessarily establish ability to engage in substantial gainful activity.'”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Jenkins v. Gardner“In explaining the concept of `substantial gainful activity' in hearings on H.R. 7225 (the Social Security Amendments of 1956), the defendant [Secretary] submitted a statement to the Senate Committee on Finance, 84th Cong., 2d Sess., which read (p. 43): 509”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Jenkins v. Gardner“Only if one is able to perform substantial gainful services with reasonable regularity can he be deemed to be able to engage in substantial gainful activity.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Jenkins v. Gardner
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.