Yang v. Shalala’s Empirical Analysis
22 F.3d 213 · 1994
Citation profile
25 federal appellate · 2 district · 1 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 48 later decisions — most recently November 2016 · most notably Scarborough v. Principi (2001), Flores v. Shalala (1995)
25 federal appellate · 2 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 28 U.S.C. § 1291 · 28 U.S.C. § 2412 · 42 U.S.C. § 405 (§ 205 of the Social Security Act of 1935)
Relies on Pierce v. Underwood · Conway v. Statesman Mortgage Co. · Shalala v. Schaefer · Melkonyan v. Sullivan · Bay Area Peace Navy v. United States
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 48 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“unless the court finds that the position of the United States was substantially justified or that special circumstances make an award unjust.”
4 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“decision is based on an erroneous conclusion of law or when the record contains no evidence on which [it] rationally could have based that decision.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“the Secretary's position was based on violations of the Constitution, the [Social Security] Act and several SSA regulations.”
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.