Glendal B. Webb v. Elliot L. Richardson’s Empirical Analysis
472 F.2d 529 · 1972
Citation profile
47 federal appellate · 7 district ·
How this case has been cited
Cited by 102 later decisions (1 by the Supreme Court) — most recently February 2018 · most notably Thermtron Products, Inc. v. Hermansdorfer (1976), Rodriquez v. Bowen (1989)
47 federal appellate · 7 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.
Appellate journey
Relationships
Applies 42 U.S.C. § 405 (§ 205 of the Social Security Act of 1935) · 42 U.S.C. § 406 (§ 206 of the Social Security Act of 1935)
Relies on Hormel v. Helvering · Testa v. United States · Mckittrick v. Gardner · Fenix 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 102 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“the tribunal that ultimately upholds the claim for benefits is the only tribunal that can approve and certify payment of an attorney fee.”
5 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“courts should be especially hesitant to award the statutory maximum in cases in which delays of any consequence have occurred”
4 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“he shall ... fix ... a reasonable fee to compensate such attorney for the services performed”
3 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.