Wages v. Schweiker’s Empirical Analysis
659 F.2d 59 · 1981
Citation profile
3 federal appellate · 1 district ·
Relationships
Relies on Edwards v. Califano · Secretary of Health, Education & Welfare of the United States v. Meza · Aubrey v. Richardson · Johnson v. Califano · Autrey v. Harris
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 7 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“The law supplies an explanation for such unusual behavior after seven years of absence: the presumption of death.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Shelnutt v. Heckler
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.