Lefford v. McCall’s Empirical Analysis
1996
Citation profile
1 district ·
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Applies 42 U.S.C. § 405 (§ 205 of the Social Security Act of 1935)
Relies on Mathews v. Eldridge · Richardson v. Perales · Wolff v. McDonnell · Cleveland Board of Education v. Loudermill · Superintendent Massachusetts Correctional Institution Walpole v. Hill
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 2 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“that the revocation of plaintiff's disability pension does not comport with the requirements of due process unless the findings of the hearing officer are supported by substantial evidence”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“because State Defendants were directed to hold a[ ] hearing at which they would bear the burden of proof,”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
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.