Wright v. Califano’s Empirical Analysis
603 F.2d 666 · 1979
Citation profile
14 federal appellate · 3 district ·
How this case has been cited
Cited by 32 later decisions — most recently May 1996 · most notably Denberg v. United States (1983), Cole v. Stevenson (1980)
14 federal appellate · 3 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 Edelman v. Jordan · United States v. Testan · Gerstein v. Pugh · Weinberger v. Salfi · Chevron Oil Co. v. Huson
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 32 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“42 U.S.C. Sec. 405(g). 44 In Wright, this court found that reversal of the Secretary's decision as to eligibility necessarily required the award of”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“doctrine of sovereign immunity did not require more.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“relief. Moreover, this court noted that the language of the Act was mandatory, allowing up to twelve months of benefits preceding the date of the application. Further, we relied on section 204, 42 U.S.C. Sec. 404, which directs the Secretary to make proper adjustments in finding that Congress intended that a claimant receive the benefits to which he is entitled under the Act, including”
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.