Benson v. Harris’s Empirical Analysis
638 F.2d 1355 · 1981
Citation profile
11 federal appellate ·
Relationships
Relies on DePaepe v. Richardson · Simmons v. Harris · Cross v. Finch · Goodman v. Richardson · Weslie W. Herridge v. Elliot L. Richardson, Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare
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 14 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“Allegations of inability to work due to physical or mental impairment must be substantiated by clinical or laboratory findings documenting physiological or psychological abnormalities.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Benson v. Schweiker“therefore I will ask the questions considered necessary in order to obtain a full record of the facts in this case,”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Benson v. Schweiker“I am assuming you do not wish to have a representative.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Benson v. Schweiker
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.