Autrey v. Harris’s Empirical Analysis
639 F.2d 1233 · 1981
Citation profile
7 federal appellate ·
Relationships
Applies 42 U.S.C. § 402 (§ 202 of the Social Security Act of 1935)
Relies on Cain v. Secretary of Health, Education & Welfare · Secretary of Health, Education & Welfare of the United States v. Meza · Dowell v. Gardner · Aubrey 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 14 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“when the facts show that a person has been absent from his residence and unheard for a period of seven years, a presumption arises that he is dead.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“The burden of the Secretary requires more than mere conjecture as to possible explanations.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Wages v. Schweiker“a phony disappearance ... a somewhat bizarre and certainly speculative conclusion.”
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.