Williams v. Califano’s Empirical Analysis
593 F.2d 282 · 1979
Citation profile
4 federal appellate · 2 district ·
How this case has been cited
Cited by 15 later decisions — most recently September 2004
4 federal appellate · 2 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
Relies on Weinberger v. Salfi · Jeralds v. Richardson · United States v. Masullo · Johnson v. Weinberger · Lahr v. Richardson
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 15 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“No judgment by default shall be entered against the United States or an officer or agency thereof unless the claimant establishes his claim or right to relief by evidence satisfactory to the court.”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“The court shall have power to enter, upon the pleadings and transcript of the record, a judgment affirming, modifying, or reversing the decision of the Secretary . . . . The findings of the Secretary as to any fact, if supported by substantial evidence, shall be conclusive . . . .”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“was entitled to the widow's benefits on the account of the same insured individual. I. 29 Section 205(g) of the Social Security Act, 42 U.S.C. § 405(g), establishes the standard for judicial review of the first issue:”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Davis 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.