Ownbey v. Shalala’s Empirical Analysis
5 F.3d 342 · 1993
Citation profile
9 federal appellate · 1 district ·
How this case has been cited
Cited by 24 later decisions — most recently September 2015
9 federal appellate · 1 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)
Relies on Fisher v. City of Berkeley · Polaski v. Heckler · Robinson v. Sullivan · Ryder v. Morris · Smith v. Heckler
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 24 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“did not seek or receive treatment for his alleged pain in his back, neck, and head; numbness in his hands; and dizziness; and drowsiness from medication. Ownbey sought treatment only for the pain in his right ankle. Moreover, Ownbey’s testimony conflicted with Dr. Thorn’s observation. Ownbey testified that he could sit for only five minutes, could lift and carry only five pounds, and could stand for only one hour. Dr. Thorn instead observed Ownbey could sit without any restrictions, could lift thirty pounds, and stand for two hours.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Norng v. Shalala
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.