Western v. Harris’s Empirical Analysis
633 F.2d 1204 · 1981
Citation profile
48 federal appellate · 2 district ·
How this case has been cited
Cited by 81 later decisions — most recently May 2009 · most notably Bloodsworth v. Heckler (1983), Cowart v. Schweiker (1981)
48 federal appellate · 2 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. § 423 (§ 223 of the Social Security Act of 1935)
Relies on Lewis v. Weinberger · Simmons v. Harris · Knox v. Finch · Wroblewski 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 81 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“Clearly the burden rests on the claimant to produce substantial evidence to establish her disability... But just as clearly, once the claimant meets the burden showing that she cannot perform her usual line of work, the burden shifts to the Secretary to show that the claimant is able to perform some other kind of substantial work available in the economy.”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“no similar presumption of validity attaches to the Secretary's conclusions of law, including determination of the proper standards to be applied in reviewing claims.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“judicial review of decisions of the Secretary denying benefits under the Social Security Act is both provided for and limited by 42 U.S.C. Sec. 405(g).”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Bowen v. Heckler
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.