Cannon v. Harris’s Empirical Analysis
651 F.2d 513 · 1981
Citation profile
24 federal appellate · 6 district ·
How this case has been cited
Cited by 80 later decisions — most recently October 2009 · most notably McCoy v. Schweiker (1982), Craig v. Chater (1996)
24 federal appellate · 6 district ·
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
Applies 42 U.S.C. § 405 (§ 205 of the Social Security Act of 1935) · 42 U.S.C. § 416 (§ 216 of the Social Security Act of 1935)
Relies on Richardson v. Perales · Gold v. Secretary of Health, Education & Welfare · Hankerson v. Harris · King v. Califano · Adams 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 80 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[u]nder these circumstances, the ALJ should have inquired into the present status and possible effects of plaintiff's chronic alcoholism.”
5 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“The first inquiry under the sequence concerns whether a claimant is currently engaged in substantial gainful employment. If it is found that he is, the claim is denied without reference to the other steps in the sequence. If he is not, the second inquiry is whether the claimant has a “severe” impairment. If he does not, the claim is denied. If a severe impairment is present, the third inquiry is whether such impairment meets or equals one of the impairments listed under Appendix I of Subpart P of the Administrative Regulations No. 4. If it does, the claim is approved. If it does not, the fourth inquiry is whether the claimant’s impairments prevent him from performing his past relevant work. If he is found to be capable of returning to his past relevant work, the claim is denied. If he is not found to be so capable, the fifth and final inquiry is whether claimant is able to perform other forms of substantial gainful activity, considering his age, education and prior work experience. If he is not, the claim is approved.”
4 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“[In McShea ], we held that alcoholism, either standing alone or combined with other causes, may constitute a compensable injury. Consistent with this position, we rejected the Secretary’s adherence to her belief that alcoholism is a self-inflicted condition. We found ... untenable the Secretary’s position that [her] inquiry into the issue of alcoholism ends with medical evidence supporting a finding of “no objective physical impairment.” Because a negative attitude toward admission of a tendency to drink heavily “is a common accompaniment of the disease of alcoholism,” and because the disease is often masked by other disorders which are more readily diagnosable, we imposed an affirmative duty on the ALT to inquire further and to develop a full and fair record wherever evidence of alcohol abuse is present in the record ... [T]he relevant inquiry, where there is evidence of alcoholism, is not whether the claimant should be able to control it, but rather whether the claimant is addicted to alcohol and as a consequence, has lost the ability to control its use. (citations and footnotes omitted)”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
How this case has been treated — in progress
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