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639 F.2d 1233 · 1981

Citation profile

14
cited by 14 later decisions
March 1995
most recently cited

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.

  1. “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
  2. “The burden of the Secretary requires more than mere conjecture as to possible explanations.”
    1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
  3. “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.