Jericol Mining, Inc. v. Napier’s Empirical Analysis
301 F.3d 703 · 2002
Citation profile
7 federal appellate ·
How this case has been cited
Cited by 16 later decisions (1 by the Supreme Court) — most recently September 2022
7 federal appellate ·
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.
Appellate journey
Relationships
Applies 30 U.S.C. § 901 (Black Lung Benefits Act) · 30 U.S.C. § 902
Relies on Director, Office of Workers' Compensation Programs v. Rowe · National Mining Association v. Department of Labor · Tussey v. Island Creek Coal Co. · Tennessee Consolidated Coal Co. v. Kirk · Cornett v. Benham Coal, Inc.
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 16 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“erred in attributing greater weight to the opinion of [a second treating physician] simply because he saw [the miner] more frequently than the other examining physicians.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“This court’s role in reviewing an ALJ’s decision is limited to determining whether substantial evidence supports the ALJ’s conclusions.”
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.