Gotshaw v. Ribicoff’s Empirical Analysis
307 F.2d 840 · 1962
Citation profile
30 federal appellate · 10 district ·
How this case has been cited
Cited by 95 later decisions — most recently May 2018 · most notably Celebrezze v. Bolas (1963), Cyrus v. Celebrezze (1965)
30 federal appellate · 10 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
Relies on Miller v. United States · Underwood v. Ribicoff · Adams v. Flemming · Graham v. Ribicoff
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 95 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““The term ‘disability’ means 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 to be of long-continued and indefinite duration.””
6 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority““Judicial notice can be taken of the fact that the human anatomy is subjected to many ills. There are undoubtedly millions of people suffering daily from some infirmity; those who go to work with sinus conditions in varying degrees; those whose arthritic and rheumatic symptoms flare up and subside; those who are afflicted with migraine headaches which seriously affect temporarily their ability to work; and those who suffer from various spinal ailments and discomforts. None of these persons can be said to be unable ‘to engage in any substantial gainful activity.’ ” 276 F.2d 901, 904 .”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“It is established that the mere presence of a disease or medically determinable impairment does not automatically entitle a claimant to a disability period or disability insurance benefits under the Social Security Act. Instead, the impairment must cause ‘inability to engage in any substantial gainful activity.’”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
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.