Gaither v. Gardner’s Empirical Analysis
1969
Citation profile
2 federal appellate ·
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Applies 42 U.S.C. § 405 (§ 205 of the Social Security Act of 1935)
Relies on Hobby v. Hodges · Pennsylvania Co. for Insurances on Lives & Granting Annuities v. Deckert · 150 F. Supp. 615 - Zeller v. Folsom · Frost v. Ewing
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.
““Any individual, after any final decision of the Secretary made after a hearing to which he was a party, irrespective of the amount in controversy, may obtain a review of such decision by a civil action commenced within sixty days after the mailing to him of notice of such decision or within such further time as the Secretary may allow.””
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Whipp v. Weinberger
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.