Blew v. Richardson’s Empirical Analysis
484 F.2d 889 · 1973
Citation profile
7 federal appellate · 1 district · 1 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 25 later decisions — most recently March 1995 · most notably Green v. Shalala (1995), Edwards v. Califano (1980)
7 federal appellate · 1 district · 1 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
Applies 42 U.S.C. § 402 (§ 202 of the Social Security Act of 1935) · 42 U.S.C. § 405 (§ 205 of the Social Security Act of 1935)
Relies on Red Lion Broadcasting Co. v. Federal Communications Commission · Universal Battery Co. v. United States · Secretary of Health, Education & Welfare of the United States v. Meza · Gardner v. Wilcox · Dowell v. Gardner
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 25 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“the anomaly of the disappearance . . . (is) consistent with continued life.”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority““The strength of this presumption [of death] varies with the circumstances, its force depends on the character of the person, his attachment to his home, and the circumstances under which he left. . Evidence tending to show the desire of the absent person to conceal his identity . . that he was a fugitive from justice, or any other fact or circumstance surrounding his disappearance tending to support or rebut the presumption is admissible.””
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Wheeler v. Califano“that pre-departure evidence may support a finding that the wage earner's absence is not unexplained.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Johnson v. Califano
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.