Freeman v. Harris’s Empirical Analysis
625 F.2d 1303 · 1980
Citation profile
16 federal appellate · 4 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 32 later decisions — most recently August 2017 · most notably Linquist v. Bowen (1987), Munsinger v. Schweiker (1983)
16 federal appellate · 4 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
Applies 30 U.S.C. § 901 (Black Lung Benefits Act) · 30 U.S.C. § 921 · 30 U.S.C. § 922 · 30 U.S.C. § 923 · 30 U.S.C. § 925 · 30 U.S.C. § 931 · 30 U.S.C. § 932 · 42 U.S.C. § 401 (§ 201 of the Social Security Act of 1935)
Relies on Richardson v. Belcher · Freeman v. Califano · 479 F. Supp. 846 - Boyd 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 32 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“(3) such total of benefits under sections 423 and 402 of this title for such month, and (4) such periodic benefits payable (and actually paid) for such month to such individual under such laws or plans,”
4 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“In essence, then, we are seeking to determine the intent of Congress as applied to a factual situation which obviously it did not foresee.”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“a clear legislative desire ... for state workers' compensation programs to be the primary provider of disability payments and for the federal government to be responsible only if the state program is not adequate.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
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.