Farmer v. Weinberger’s Empirical Analysis
519 F.2d 627 · 1975
Citation profile
9 federal appellate ·
Relationships
Applies 30 U.S.C. § 901 (Black Lung Benefits Act) · 30 U.S.C. § 902 · 30 U.S.C. § 921
Relies on 383 F. Supp. 1258 - Statzer v. Weinberger · 386 F. Supp. 1122 - Dellosa v. Weinberger · Roberts v. Weinberger · 389 F. Supp. 268 - Cox v. Weinberger
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.
“Where the evidence establishes that a deceased miner suffered from pneumoconiosis or a respirable disease and death may have been due to multiple causes, death will be found due to pneumoconiosis if it is not medically feasible to distinguish which disease caused death or specifically how much each disease contributed to causing death.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Adkins v. Weinberger““[I]f a deceased miner was employed for 10 years or more in the Nation’s coal mines and died from a respirable disease, it will be presumed, in the absence of evidence to the contrary, that his death was due to pneumoconiosis arising out of employment in a coal mine.””
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“(1) There is evidence that the individual is, in fact, doing his usual coal mine work or comparable and gainful work .”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Hanna v. Califano
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.