Benitez v. Califano’s Empirical Analysis
573 F.2d 653 · 1978
Citation profile
26 federal appellate · 8 district · 1 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 48 later decisions — most recently July 2016 · most notably Ward v. Commissioner of Social Security (2000), Hall v. Secretary of Health, Education & Welfare (1979)
26 federal appellate · 8 district · 1 state decisions
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 Brinker v. Weinberger · Ferran v. Flemming · Walker v. Mathews · Gardner v. Smith · Torres v. Celebrezze
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 48 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“because due to appellant's age, physical disability, and previous higher wage, employers would likely not hire him for these jobs. 27 We have held that in meeting his burden to show that there are other types of work which the claimant is capable of doing, the Secretary cannot rely on proof that is”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“'substantial gainful work which exists in the national economy.'”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“based on the claimant's mere theoretical ability to do some kind of work, but must be based on practical and realistic considerations, such as education, experience, emotional and physical condition and reasonable job opportunities available within the area in which claimant lived.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Russell v. Louis W
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.