Dodrill v. Shalala’s Empirical Analysis
12 F.3d 915 · 1993
Citation profile
57 federal appellate · 30 district · 1 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 219 later decisions — most recently March 2025 · most notably 15229b v. Dar Lester, 15161b v. Dar a Smolen
57 federal appellate · 30 district · 1 state decisions
Later decisions citing this case, by decade. The current decade is in progress, and our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so the latest bars are undercounted — not a real decline.
Relationships
Applies 42 U.S.C. § 405 (§ 205 of the Social Security Act of 1935)
Relies on Fair v. Bowen · Sprague v. Bowen · Varney v. Secretary of Health & Human Services · Hammock v. Bowen
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 219 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“he must give reasons that are germane to each witness.”
9 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“[i]f there is medical evidence establishing an objective basis for some degree of pain and related symptoms, and no evidence affirmatively suggesting that the claimant was malingering, the Secretary's reason for rejecting the claimant's testimony must be 'clear and convincing,' and supported by specific findings.”
4 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“Descriptions by friends and family members in a position to observe a claimant's symptoms and daily activities have routinely been treated as competent evidence.”
3 later decisions 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.