Henry v. Richardson’s Empirical Analysis
1970
Citation profile
2 federal appellate ·
Relationships
Applies 42 U.S.C. § 402 (§ 202 of the Social Security Act of 1935) · 42 U.S.C. § 405 (§ 205 of the Social Security Act of 1935) · 42 U.S.C. § 423 (§ 223 of the Social Security Act of 1935)
Relies on Davis v. Gardner · Frasier v. Finch · Hendrix v. Finch
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 5 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““Thus it appears that Congress intended that Section 423(d) (2) (B) be more strictly applied than Section 423 in establishing disability, in that the individual must be precluded under the former Section from engaging in any gainful activity, while under the latter Section one must be unable 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
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