Patton v. Bowen’s Empirical Analysis
1988
Citation profile
1 federal appellate · 1 district ·
Relationships
Applies 42 U.S.C. § 405 (§ 205 of the Social Security Act of 1935)
Relies on Richardson v. Perales · Consolidated Edison Co of New York v. National Labor Relations Board · Goldberg v. Kelly · Smith v. Califano · Elliott 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 2 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“(1) An incorrect statement made by the individual which he knew or should have known to be incorrect; or (2) Failure to furnish information which he knew or should have known to be material; or (3) With respect to the overpaid individual only, acceptance of a payment which he either knew or could have been expected to know was incorrect.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Karlson v. Colvin
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.