Petry v. Califano’s Empirical Analysis
577 F.2d 860 · 1978
Citation profile
13 federal appellate · 1 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 44 later decisions — most recently December 1992 · most notably Stapleton v. Westmoreland Coal Co. (1986), King v. Califano (1980)
13 federal appellate · 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 Laws v. Celebrezze · Ansel v. Weinberger · Bozwich v. Mathews · Prokes v. Mathews
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 44 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“(1) Even though the existence of pneumoconiosis is not established as provided in paragraph (a) of this section, if other evidence demonstrates the existence of a totally disabling chronic respiratory or pulmonary impairment (see §§ 410.412, 410.422, and 410.426), it may be presumed, in the absence of evidence to the contrary (see subparagraph (2) of this paragraph), that a miner is totally disabled due to pneumoconiosis, or that a miner was totally disabled due to pneumoconiosis at the time of his death. 32 (3) The provisions of this paragraph shall apply where a miner was employed for 15 or more years in one or more of the Nation's underground coal mines . . ..”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“Therefore, inconclusive or contradictory results of the X-rays inure to the benefit of neither party.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Hubbard v. Califano“primary consideration is given to the medical severity of the individual's pneumoconiosis,”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Hubbard 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.