Gressley v. Califano’s Empirical Analysis
609 F.2d 1265 · 1979
Citation profile
28 federal appellate · 3 district · 5 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 48 later decisions — most recently August 2001 · most notably Portmann v. United States (1982), McDonald v. Schweiker (1983)
28 federal appellate · 3 district · 5 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 Federal Crop Ins Corporation v. Merrill · O’Callahan v. Parker, Warden · Parham v. J. L. · Goldberg v. Weinberger · Saverslak v. Davis-Cleaver Produce Co.
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 48 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[e]ven detrimental reliance on misinformation from a seemingly authorized government agent will not excuse a failure to qualify for the benefits under the relevant statutes and regulations.”
4 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“Congress leaves no discretion in the agencies and courts but to limit payment of benefits to those statutorily entitled to them.”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“[t]his circuit ... [has] applied the estoppel doctrine to the Government. See United States v. Fox Lake State Bank, 366 F.2d 962 (7th Cir.1966). But we [have done] so reluctantly, noting that 'the doctrine of estoppel must be applied with great caution to the Government and its officials.' Id. at 965.”
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.