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Williams v. Califano’s Empirical Analysis

590 F.2d 1332 · 1979

Citation profile

24
cited by 24 later decisions
September 1986
most recently cited

10 federal appellate ·

Relationships

Relies on Isbell Enterprises, Inc. v. Citizens Casualty Co. of New York · Cutler v. Weinberger · Gray v. Secretary of Health

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 24 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

  1. “(c)ourts have not hesitated to remand for the taking of additional evidence, on good cause shown, where relevant, probative, and available evidence was either not before the Secretary or was not explicitly weighed and considered by him, although such consideration was necessary to a just determination of claimant's application.”
    4 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
  2. “[t]he Social Security Act is to be broadly construed and liberally applied.”
    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.