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Cole v. Harris’s Empirical Analysis

641 F.2d 613 · 1981

Citation profile

55
cited by 55 later decisions
April 1998
most recently cited

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.

  1. “[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
  2. “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
  3. “psychological overtones of the diagnoses of ... examining physicians.”
    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.