Dickson v. Califano’s Empirical Analysis

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31 federal appellate ·

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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 39 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “a miner who meets the [ventilatory studies] medical requirements . . . will be presumed to be totally disabled due to pneumoconiosis arising out of coal mine employment . . . if he has at least 10 years of the requisite coal mine employment.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Mullins Coal Co. of Va. v. Director, Office of Workers' Compensation Programs

2. “a negative X-ray reading by a nonexamining physician does not constitute substantial evidence to rebut positive evidence furnished by a positive X-ray reading by a qualified examining physician.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Cook v. Director, Office of Workers' Compensation Programs

3. “had presented evidence from a Board certified physician who read X-rays as showing pneumoconiosis and found him totally disabled thereby.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Back v. Califano