Braun v. Ribicoff’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

5 federal appellate · 2 district · 3 state decisions

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 24 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. ““ * * * inability to engage in any substantial gainful activity by reason of any medically determinable physical or mental impairment which can be expected to result in death or has lasted or can be expected to last for a continuous period of not less than 12 months * *”

   5 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Rose v. Finch · Jones v. Cohen

2. ““In Boyd v. Folsom, 1958, 257 F.2d 778 , we defined the scope of the review to be applied to the Secretary’s decisions by United States district courts. We said, id. at page 781, that ultimate facts must be reached by a process of legal reasoning based on the legal significance to be afforded primary evidentiary facts and that therefore ultimate findings of fact by the Secretary were reviewable, citing Goldman v. Folsom, 3 Cir., 1957, 246 F.2d 776, 779 . We also stated that, ‘Our judicial duty * * * is to satisfy ourselves that the agency determination has warrant in the record, viewing that record as a whole, and a reasonable basis in law. Universal Camera Corp. v. National Labor Relations Board, 1951, 340 U.S. 474, 490 , 71 S.Ct. 456 , 95 L.Ed. 456 .’ ””

   3 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Exxon Mobil Corporation v. Wyoming Oil and Gas Conservation Commission and Denbury Onshore, LLC · Parrish v. Ribicoff