Sarah E. McCarty v. Elliot L. Richardson, Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare’s Empirical Analysis
459 F.2d 3 · 1972
Citation profile
11 federal appellate · 4 district ·
How this case has been cited
Cited by 26 later decisions — most recently December 1991 · most notably Strickland v. Harris (1980), Lovelace v. Bowen (1987)
11 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. § 301 (§ 1 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 Richardson v. Perales · Isbell Enterprises, Inc. v. Citizens Casualty Co. of New York · Knox v. Finch · Martin v. Finch · Ratliff v. Celebrezze
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 26 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“claimant's burden to undergo any and all surgical procedures suggested by (his or) her physician lest (he or) she is barred from disability benefits.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“we would be inclined to reverse and order restoration of benefits,”
1 later decision 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.