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Sufficiency of evidence in injury or death compensation: Supreme Court decisions

Every U.S. Supreme Court decision from the 1946 through 2025 Terms that the Supreme Court Database classifies under the issue “Sufficiency of evidence in injury or death compensation,” part of the Economic Activity area.

87decisions
83%favorable to the petitioner
20%unanimous
1altered precedent or struck a law

Decisions by decade

1940s12
1950s42
1960s20
1970s4
1980s3
1990s2
2000s1
2010s3

Most majority opinions

Legal provisions most often involved

Federal Employers' Liability Act45
Jones Act or Death on the High Seas Act9
Longshore and Harbor Workers' Compensation Act7
Federal Rules of Civil or Appellate Procedure3
Seventh Amendment2
Administrative Procedure Act or Administrative Orders Review Act1
30 U.S.C. § 9011
Social Security Act1

All 87 decisions, newest first

Source: Supreme Court Database, 2026 Release 01 (data file dated September 8, 2026). Imported into CaseTrail November 5, 2026. Coverage: decisions from the 1946 through 2025 Terms. Methodology · Report an error