Bailey v. Bowen’s Empirical Analysis
1988
Citation profile
1 district ·
Relationships
Applies 42 U.S.C. § 405 (§ 205 of the Social Security Act of 1935) · 5 U.S.C. § 552 (Freedom of Information Act) · 5 U.S.C. § 553 (Administrative Procedure Act of 1946) · 5 U.S.C. § 558 (Administrative Procedure Act of 1946)
Relies on Bowen v. Yuckert · Heckler v. Campbell · Johnson v. Heckler · 317 F. Supp. 194 - Continental Oil Company v. Burns · Johnson v. Heckler
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 3 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[i]nasmuch as a nonsevere impairment is one which does not significantly limit basic work-related functions, neither will a combination of two or more such impairments significantly restrict the basic work-related functions needed to do most jobs.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Bailey v. Sullivan“consider the combined effects of unrelated impairments only if all are severe and expected to last twelve months.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Bailey v. Sullivan
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.