Kent v. Schweiker’s Empirical Analysis
710 F.2d 110 · 1983
Citation profile
35 federal appellate · 135 district · 2 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 254 later decisions — most recently June 2019 · most notably Williams v. Bowen (1988), Frey v. Bowen (1987)
35 federal appellate · 135 district · 2 state decisions
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)
Relies on Heckler v. Campbell · Cotter v. Harris · Smith v. Califano · Dobrowolsky 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 254 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““[a] single piece of evidence will not satisfy the substantiality test if the [Commissioner] ignores, or fails to resolve, a conflict created by countervailing evidence. Nor is evidence substantial if it is overwhelmed by other evidence — particularly certain types of evidence (e.g., that offered by treating physicians) — or if it really constitutes not evidence but mere conclusion.””
55 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“involves lifting no more than 10 pounds at a time and occasionally lifting or carrying articles like docket files, ledgers, and small tools. Although a sedentary job is defined as one which involves sitting, a certain amount of walking and standing is often necessary in carrying out job duties.”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the concurrencee.g. Morris v. Colvin · Kellam v. Bowen“A claimant satisfies her initial burden of proof by showing that she is unable to return to her customary occupation____ Once she has made such a demonstration, the burden of proof shifts to the Secretary to show that the claimant, given her age, education and work experience, has the capacity to perform specific jobs in the national economy.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
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.