Davis v. Schweiker’s Empirical Analysis
641 F.2d 283 · 1981
Citation profile
13 federal appellate ·
How this case has been cited
Cited by 32 later decisions — most recently June 2005 · most notably Walden v. Schweiker (1982), Kane v. Heckler (1984)
13 federal appellate ·
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 · Warncke v. Harris · Torrent Arms Lumber Co. v. Rodgers
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 32 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“'disability' means ... inability to engage in any substantial gainful activity”
4 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“earnings which are presumed to be evidence of substantial gainful activity. This presumption, if unrebutted by the claimant, negates a finding as the inability to engage in substantial gainful activity.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. White v. Heckler“earnings average more than $280 a month in calendar year 1979”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. White 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.