McCoy v. Holland’s Empirical Analysis
364 F.3d 166 · 2004
Citation profile
4 federal appellate · 2 district ·
Relationships
Relies on Firestone Tire and Rubber Company v. Bruch · Varat Enterprises Inc First Union Commercial Corporation v. Nelson Mullins Riley and Scarborough · Barbara Booth v. Wal-Mart Stores Incorporated Associates Health and Welfare Plan Barbara a Booth · Bernstein v. CapitalCare, Inc. · Brogan v. Holland
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 9 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“Degenerative disc disease is not a medical term of art. Instead, it is a “convenient label ... applied carelessly to a variety of distinct [degenerative] processes of spinal joints.” Degenerative diseases of the spinal joints commonly result from structural changes “in the vertebral bone and endplate, which occur with advancing age, [and] interfere with normal discal nutrition.” ... “Degenerative changes of the cervical spine are common after the age of 40 years and affect more than 70 percent of pa tients older than 70 years.” Similarly, “[degenerative changes in the lumbar spine ... [are] detected ... in 60 to 80 percent of men and women by the sixth decade of life, and in about 100 percent of subjects by the age of 70 years.””
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
How this case has been treated — in progress
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