Patrick v. Finch’s Empirical Analysis
1970
Citation profile
1 federal appellate ·
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)
Relies on Detenber v. American Universal Insurance Co · Henry v. Gardner · International Railways of Central America v. United Fruit Co. · Rose v. Cohen · King v. Gardner
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.
““The award of [social security disability] benefits cannot rest upon imagination, speculation, conjecture, or sympathy — only credible proof in some form will suffice.””
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Foster v. Richardson
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.