Peterson v. Califano’s Empirical Analysis
631 F.2d 628 · 1980
Citation profile
16 federal appellate · 1 district ·
How this case has been cited
Cited by 29 later decisions — most recently September 2013 · most notably Harper v. Bowen (1987), Evans v. Chater (1997)
16 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 28 U.S.C. § 1291 · 42 U.S.C. § 405 (§ 205 of the Social Security Act of 1935)
Relies on Califano v. Sanders · Erickson v. United States · Cappadora v. Celebrezze · Sheehan v. Secretary of Health, Education & Welfare · Langford v. Flemming
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 29 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“claimants ... [to] frustrate the Congressional intent 'to forestall ... belated litigation of stale eligibility claims.'”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“both would defeat the intent of Congress to compress the time for judicial review.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“Any individual, after any final decision of the Secretary made after a hearing to which he was a party, irrespective of the amount in controversy, may obtain a review of such decision by a civil action commenced within sixty days after the mailing to him of notice of such decision or within such further time as the Secretary may allow.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. James v. Shalala
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.