Mims v. Califano’s Empirical Analysis
581 F.2d 1211 · 1978
Citation profile
20 federal appellate ·
How this case has been cited
Cited by 57 later decisions — most recently June 2008 · most notably Bloodsworth v. Heckler (1983), Ferguson v. Schweiker (1981)
20 federal appellate ·
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 Richardson v. Perales · Consolidated Edison Co of New York v. National Labor Relations Board · Isbell Enterprises, Inc. v. Citizens Casualty Co. of New York · DePaepe v. Richardson · Stark 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 57 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“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, regardless of whether such work exists in the immediate area in which he lives, or whether a specific job vacancy exists for him, or whether he would be hired if he applied for work. For purposes of the preceding sentence ... “work which exists in the national economy” means work which exists in significant numbers either in the region where such individual lives or in several regions of the country.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“We choose the date when appellant first entered the hospital because on this date we first have objective medical evidence of a physical impairment serious enough to result in disability.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“(t)he findings of the Secretary as to any fact, if supported by substantial evidence, shall be conclusive”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Smith 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.