Waters v. Gardner’s Empirical Analysis
452 F.2d 855 · 1971
Citation profile
29 federal appellate · 7 district ·
How this case has been cited
Cited by 69 later decisions — most recently April 2015 · most notably Magallanes v. Bowen (1989), 16155b Dar Morgan v. Commissioner of the Social Security Administration (1999)
29 federal appellate · 7 district ·
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) · 42 U.S.C. § 423 (§ 223 of the Social Security Act of 1935)
Relies on Richardson v. Perales · Robles v. Finch · Cohen v. Perales · Mark v. Celebrezze · Henry v. Gardner
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 69 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“questions of credibility and resolution of conflicts in the testimony are functions solely of the Secretary.”
9 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“[a]ny deterioration in her condition subsequent to that time is, of course, irrelevant.”
4 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Weetman v. R Bowen · Smith v. Bowen““. . . he is not only unable to do his previous work but cannot, considering his age, education, and work experience, engage in any other kind of substantial gainful work which exists in the national economy, regardless of whether such work exists in the immediate area in which he lives, or whether a specific job vacancy exists for him, or whether he would be hired if he applied for work. For purposes of the preceding sentence (with respect to any individual), ‘work which exists in the national economy’ means work which exists in significant numbers either in the region where such individual lives or in several regions of the country.””
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.