Sims v. Harris’s Empirical Analysis
631 F.2d 26 · 1980
Citation profile
12 federal appellate · 7 district ·
How this case has been cited
Cited by 36 later decisions — most recently May 2021 · most notably Craig v. Chater (1996), Samuel C. EVANGELISTA, Plaintiff, Appellant, v. SECRETARY OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, Defendant, Appellee (1987)
12 federal appellate · 7 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
Relies on Dobrowolsky v. Califano · King v. Califano · Livingston v. Califano · Cross v. Finch
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.
“where the absence of counsel created clear prejudice or unfairness to the claimant”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“a duty to assume a more active role in helping claimants develop the record.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Craig v. Chater
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.