Fruge v. Harris’s Empirical Analysis
631 F.2d 1244 · 1980
Citation profile
32 federal appellate · 1 district ·
How this case has been cited
Cited by 73 later decisions — most recently June 2022 · most notably Bloodsworth v. Heckler (1983), Wiggins v. Schweiker (1982)
32 federal appellate · 1 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. § 405 (§ 205 of the Social Security Act of 1935) · 42 U.S.C. § 416 (§ 216 of the Social Security Act of 1935)
Relies on Johnson v. Harris · Demandre v. Califano · Rhynes v. Califano · White v. Harris
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 73 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“unless there is good cause shown to the contrary the testimony of the treating physician must be accorded substantial weight.”
7 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“medically determinable physical or mental impairment which can be expected to result in death or which has lasted or can be expected to last for a continuous period of not less than 12 months,”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“If the Secretary points to possible alternative employment, the burden of persuasion then returns to the claimant to prove his inability to perform those jobs. Johnson v. Harris, 612 F.2d 993 (5th Cir. 1980).”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Rivers 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.