Rhynes v. Califano’s Empirical Analysis
586 F.2d 388 · 1978
Citation profile
12 federal appellate ·
How this case has been cited
Cited by 36 later decisions — most recently March 2007 · most notably Ferguson v. Schweiker (1981), Johnson v. Harris (1980)
12 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 · Isbell Enterprises, Inc. v. Citizens Casualty Co. of New York · Alexander v. Gardner-Denver Co. · DePaepe v. Richardson · Laffoon v. Califano
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.
““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.” 42 U.S.C. § 423 (d)(2)(A).”
4 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Johnson v. Harris · Croom v. Harris
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.