Cole v. Harris’s Empirical Analysis
641 F.2d 613 · 1981
Citation profile
30 federal appellate · 7 district ·
Relationships
Relies on Thomas v. Celebrezze · Brand v. Secretary of Department of Health Education and Welfare · Landess v. Weinberger · Ber v. Celebrezze · Brinker v. 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 55 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[a] back condition may affect one individual in an inconsequential way, whereas the same condition may severely disable another person who has a greater sensitivity to pain or whose physical condition * * * is generally deteriorated.”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“Adequate proof cannot be based on mere theoretical ability to perform some kind of work.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“psychological overtones of the diagnoses of ... examining physicians.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Delrosa v. Sullivan
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.