Lewis v. Weinberger’s Empirical Analysis
541 F.2d 417 · 1976
Citation profile
25 federal appellate · 6 district ·
How this case has been cited
Cited by 54 later decisions — most recently March 1995 · most notably Dobrowolsky v. Califano (1979), Kent v. Schweiker (1983)
25 federal appellate · 6 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. § 416 (§ 216 of the Social Security Act of 1935) · 42 U.S.C. § 423 (§ 223 of the Social Security Act of 1935)
Relies on Martin v. Secretary of Department of Health, Education & Welfare · Whiten v. Finch · Wyatt 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 54 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“In Wyatt v. Weinberger, 519 F.2d 1285 (4th Cir.1975), we held that a claimant had made out a prima facie case of disability due to mental impairment when she showed (1) that her own doctor considered her ‘disabled from a standpoint of nerves,’ (2) that her past medical history and the subjective testimony of herself and her husband were consistent with her physician’s conclusion and (3) that the diagnosis of a psychiatrist she consulted was also consistent with a finding of psychological disability. This showing was deemed sufficient to require the Secretary to go forward and produce substantial evidence that the claimant had sufficient residual capacity that she could perform a job in the national economy.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“[i]n cases of alleged psychological disability, such lay observation [by an administrative judge] is entitled to little or no weight.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“An individual shall be determined to be under a disability only if ... his physical or mental impairment or impairments are of such severity that 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.”
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.