Martin v. Schweiker’s Empirical Analysis
1982
Citation profile
3 federal appellate · 4 district ·
Relationships
Applies 42 U.S.C. § 405 (§ 205 of the Social Security Act of 1935)
Relies on Richardson v. Perales · Marcus v. Califano · Dobrowolsky v. Califano · Bastien v. Califano · Brand v. Secretary of Department of Health Education and Welfare
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 7 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“there is no substantial evidence that plaintiff [who must periodically sit, stand, or lie down to relieve pain] can perform even sedentary work of any type, much less the entire range of sedentary work.”
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.