Cox v. Califano’s Empirical Analysis
587 F.2d 988 · 1978
Citation profile
42 federal appellate · 6 district · 1 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 100 later decisions (1 by the Supreme Court) — most recently December 2016 · most notably Heckler v. Campbell (1983), Dobrowolsky v. Califano (1979)
42 federal appellate · 6 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
Relies on Gold v. Secretary of Health, Education & Welfare · Stark v. Weinberger · Walker v. Mathews · Benitez v. Califano
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 100 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“scrupulously and conscientiously probe into, inquire of, and explore for all the relevant facts.”
12 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“especially diligent in ensuring that favorable as well as unfavorable facts and circumstances are elicited.”
11 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“such relevant evidence as a reasonable mind might accept as adequate to support a conclusion.”
5 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.