Thomas v. Celebrezze’s Empirical Analysis
331 F.2d 541 · 1964
Citation profile
130 federal appellate · 79 district · 5 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 441 later decisions — most recently February 2019 · most notably Laws v. Celebrezze (1966), Smith v. Califano (1981)
130 federal appellate · 79 district · 5 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 Universal Camera Corp. v. National Labor Relations Board · Consolidated Edison Co of New York v. National Labor Relations Board · Underwood v. Ribicoff · Butler v. Flemming
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 441 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““The findings of the Secretary as to any fact, if supported by substantial evidence, shall be conclusive * *”
60 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“Employers are concerned with substantial capacity, psychological stability, and steady attendance; they will not unduly risk increasing their health and liability insurance costs. It is unrealistic to think that they would hire anyone with the impairments of this claimant.”
11 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“(A) 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 which has lasted or can be expected to last for a continuous period of not less than 12 months.”
10 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.