Danti v. Lewis’s Empirical Analysis
312 F.2d 345 · 1962
Citation profile
97 federal appellate · 14 district · 9 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 173 later decisions — most recently May 2016 · most notably Wardle v. Central States, Southeast & Southwest Areas Pension Fund (1980), Sandoval v. Aetna Life and Casualty Insurance Co L (1992)
97 federal appellate · 14 district · 9 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 Shelton v. King · 166 F. Supp. 346 - Ruth v. Lewis · 159 F. Supp. 282 - Hobbs v. Lewis · Kennet v. United Mineworkers of America
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 173 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“whether the Trustees have acted arbitrarily, capriciously, or in bad faith; that is, is the decision of the Trustees supported by substantial evidence or have they made an erroneous decision on a question of law.”
5 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“full authority * * * with respect to questions of coverage and eligibility * * *”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Kosty v. Lewis · Gaydosh v. Lewis“'(T)he District Court's duty was to determine whether the material then before the Trustees was sufficient to support their decision,' and not to try 'the case de novo on a factual issue not presented in the administrative record before it. . . . '”
2 later decisions 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.