Vidal v. Harris’s Empirical Analysis
637 F.2d 710 · 1981
Citation profile
20 federal appellate · 5 district · 2 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 51 later decisions — most recently November 2013 · most notably Magallanes v. Bowen (1989), Sample v. Schweiker (1982)
20 federal appellate · 5 district · 2 state decisions
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 Richardson v. Perales · Miranda v. Secretary of Health, Education & Welfare · Hall v. Secretary of Health, Education & Welfare · Emil C. Timmerman v. Caspar Weinberger, Secretary of H.E.W., Kenneth Marks v. Caspar Weinberger, Secretary of H.E.W. · Marvin A. Yawitz v. Caspar W. Weinberger
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 51 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[W]hen plaintiff is not represented by counsel, the [ALJ's] duty is 'to scrupulously and conscientiously probe into, inquire of, and explore for all relevant facts,' and [she] must be 'especially diligent in ensuring that favorable as well as unfavorable facts and circumstances are elicited.'”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“scrupulously and conscientiously probe into, inquire of and explore for all relevant facts,”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“The statute, 42 U.S.C. § 423 (d)(2XA), makes legally irrelevant any consideration of whether a claimant would actually be hired if he applied for work. Walker, supra, 546 F.2d at 818 . The statutory standard is not employability but rather capacity. .. .”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
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.