Plummer Giddings v. Elliot L. Richardson, Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare’s Empirical Analysis
480 F.2d 652 · 1973
Citation profile
16 federal appellate · 1 district · 2 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 29 later decisions — most recently January 2010 · most notably Allen v. Califano (1980), King v. Heckler (1984)
16 federal appellate · 1 district · 2 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. § 423 (§ 223 of the Social Security Act of 1935)
Relies on National Labor Relations Board v. Columbian Enameling & Stamping Co. · Public Utilities Commission of State of California v. United States · Paul v. United States · Miracle v. Celebrezze · Branham 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 29 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“The weight to be given [a] physician's statement [regarding work ability] depends on the extent to which it is supported by specific and complete clinical findings and is consistent with other evidence as to the severity and probable duration of the individual's impairment....”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“The function of deciding whether or not an individual is under a disability is the responsibility of the Secretary. A statement by a physician that an individual is, or is not, ‘disabled’ . .. being a conclusion upon the ultimate issue to be decided by the Secretary, shall not be determinative of the question of whether or not the individual is under a disability.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Cummings v. Harris“inability to engage in any substantial gainful activity by reason of any medically determinable physical or mental impairment which can be expected to result in death or which has lasted or can be expected to last for a continuous period of not less than 12 months.”
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.