Benson v. Matthews’s Empirical Analysis
554 F.2d 860 · 1977
Citation profile
13 federal appellate · 2 district ·
How this case has been cited
Cited by 36 later decisions — most recently August 2012 · most notably Cruse v. Bowen (1989), Hames v. Heckler (1983)
13 federal appellate · 2 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
Relies on Emil C. Timmerman v. Caspar Weinberger, Secretary of H.E.W., Kenneth Marks v. Caspar Weinberger, Secretary of H.E.W. · Marvin A. Yawitz v. Caspar W. Weinberger · Easttam v. Secretary of Health, Education & Welfare · Cline v. Hoogland · Havner H. Parish, Jr. v. Dwayne E. Howard
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 36 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“Pain, of course, may render a person disabled within the meaning of the Social Security Act.... But not all pain is disabling.... In the ... hearing the administrative law judge was able to evaluate the motivation and credibility of plaintiff’s subjective complaints to determine the extent of her pain.... Dr. Posts’ opinions, which were not supported by the results of objective tests, may be given whatever weight the administrative law judge warrants, (citations omitted).”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Easley v. Schweiker
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.