Olson v. Schweiker’s Empirical Analysis
663 F.2d 593 · 1981
Citation profile
16 federal appellate · 2 district ·
How this case has been cited
Cited by 39 later decisions — most recently June 2015 · most notably Brady v. Heckler (1984), Dorsey v. Heckler (1983)
16 federal appellate · 2 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
Relies on Richardson v. Perales · Gaultney v. Weinberger · Scharlow v. Schweiker · Simmons v. Harris · Brown v. Finch
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 39 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“engage in any substantial gainful activity by reason of any medical determinable physical or mental impairment which can be expected to result in death or which has lasted or which can be expected to last for a continuous period of not less than twelve months....”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“appeal is taken from a district court's rendition of summary judgment in favor of the Secretary, the circuit court's review must be made independently of the determinations made by the district court, and without the assumption that the district court acted correctly.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Marcello v. Bowen“Although the V.A.'s disability rating is not binding on the Secretary of Health and Human Services, it is evidence that should be given great weight.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Brady 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.