Rini v. Harris’s Empirical Analysis
615 F.2d 625 · 1980
Citation profile
16 federal appellate · 3 district ·
How this case has been cited
Cited by 39 later decisions — most recently July 2019 · most notably Podedworny v. Harris (1984), Lewin v. Schwieker (1981)
16 federal appellate · 3 district ·
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
Applies 42 U.S.C. § 404 (§ 204 of the Social Security Act of 1935) · 42 U.S.C. § 405 (§ 205 of the Social Security Act of 1935)
Relies on Richardson v. Perales · Consolidated Edison Co of New York v. National Labor Relations Board · Williams v. Finch · Goodman v. Richardson
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 39 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[t]he fault in this case belongs at the agency’s doorstep. [The plaintiff] testified that he didn’t know when the trial period terminated. He relied on the explanation that the people at Social Security must know what they are doing. In this instance, he may have been in error, but if so, the error was nevertheless a reasonable one. Taking into account the nature of his disability, his education, his past experiences and his other limitations that his testimony make apparent, the Secretary’s claim that [the plaintiff] acted unreasonably in not knowing that he was being overpaid offends both equity and good conscience. There may have been a scintilla of evidence indicating some fault on [the plaintiff’s] part, but it is nothing more.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Torre v. Bowen · Jefferson v. Bowen“There may have been a scintilla of evidence indicating some fault on (Lewin's) part, but it is nothing more.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Lewin v. Schwieker
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.