Smith v. Califano’s Empirical Analysis
682 F.2d 583 · 1982
Citation profile
13
cited by 13 later decisions
March 1992
most recently cited
12 federal appellate ·
Relationships
Relies on Ansel v. Weinberger · Morris v. Mathews · Miniard v. Califano · Cunningham v. Califano
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 13 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[a] finding of disability [under 20 C.F.R. Sec. 410.426(d) ] cannot be denied on the basis of a normal ventilatory test, for to do so would defeat the purpose of this alternative method of proving disability .... Neither ... negative X-rays nor ventilatory function study values may be relied on to rebut the presumption.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“a person with 15 or more years of employment in underground mines who submits a chest x-ray which is negative for complicated pneumoconiosis, but who demonstrates by other evidence the existence of a totally disabling chronic respiratory or pulmonary impairment, is totally disabled due to pneumoconiosis.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“[t]he medical evidence, when examined in the light of Smith's age, education and work experience, is sufficient to establish his disability from pneumoconiosis. 20 C.F.R. Sec. 410.426(d).”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
How this case has been treated — in progress
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