Rhines v. Harris’s Empirical Analysis
634 F.2d 1076 · 1980
Citation profile
11 federal appellate · 1 district ·
How this case has been cited
Cited by 52 later decisions — most recently December 2017 · most notably O'Leary v. Schweiker (1983), Parsons v. Heckler (1984)
11 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. § 416 (§ 216 of the Social Security Act of 1935) · 42 U.S.C. § 423 (§ 223 of the Social Security Act of 1935)
Relies on Thomas v. Celebrezze · Kerner v. Flemming · Celebrezze v. Bolas · Brinker v. Weinberger · Miracle v. Celebrezze
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 52 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[e]mployers are concerned with substantial capacity, psychological stability, and steady attendance.... It is unrealistic to think that they would hire anyone with the impairments of this plaintiff.”
4 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“The criteria to be considered in determining a claimant’s ability or inability to engage in substantial gainful activity, for purposes of determining his right to social security disability benefits, are objective medical facts, diagnoses, and expert medical opinions of subsidiary questions of fact, subjective evidence of pain and disability testified to by claimant, and claimant’s educational background, work history and present age.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Bradley v. Barnhart“it must be shown that claimant can realistically perform in existing employment.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Condon v. Berryhill
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.