Wright v. Gardner’s Empirical Analysis
403 F.2d 646 · 1968
Citation profile
21 federal appellate · 4 district ·
How this case has been cited
Cited by 36 later decisions — most recently December 1989 · most notably Gentile v. Finch (1970), Meneses v. Secretary of Health, Education & Welfare (1971)
21 federal appellate · 4 district ·
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
Applies 42 U.S.C. § 423 (§ 223 of the Social Security Act of 1935)
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 36 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“(A) an individual * * * shall be determined to be under a disability only if his physical or mental impairment or impairments are of such severity that he is not only unable to do his previous work but cannot, considering his age, education, and work experience, engage in any other kind of substantial gainful work which exists in the national economy, regardless of whether such work exists in the immediate area in which he lives, or whether a specific job vacancy exists for him, or whether he would be hired if he applied for work. * * *”
6 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“make it clear * * * that a claimant * * * is not disabled within the meaning of the statute merely because he would not actually be hired for such work.”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Harvey v. Finch · Gentile v. Finch“(e) The amendments made by this section shall be effective with respect to applications for disability insurance benefits under section 223 of the Social Security Act, and for disability determinations under section 216(i) of such Act, filed- (2) before the month in which this Act is enacted if the applicant has not died before such month and if- (A) notice of the final decision of the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare has not been given to the applicant before such month; or (B) the notice referred to in subparagraph (A) has been so given before such month but a civil action with respect to such final decision is commenced under section 205(g) of the Social Security Act (whether before, in, or after such month) and the decision in such civil action has not become final before such month”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Waters v. Gardner
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.