Wright v. Finch’s Empirical Analysis
1971
Citation profile
2 federal appellate · 4 district ·
Relationships
Applies 42 U.S.C. § 402 (§ 202 of the Social Security Act of 1935) · 42 U.S.C. § 425 (§ 225 of the Social Security Act of 1935)
Relies on Goldberg v. Kelly · Cafeteria & Restaurant Workers Union, Local 473 v. McElroy · Flemming v. Nestor · Greene v. McElroy · Wheeler v. Montgomery
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 15 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“on the basis of information obtained by or submitted to him.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Mills 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.