Dumas v. Schweiker’s Empirical Analysis
712 F.2d 1545 · 1983
Citation profile
38 federal appellate · 14 district ·
How this case has been cited
Cited by 224 later decisions — most recently May 2019 · most notably Bunnell v. Sullivan (1991), Mongeur v. Heckler (1983)
38 federal appellate · 14 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 · Consolidated Edison Co of New York v. National Labor Relations Board · Parker v. Harris · Berry v. Schweiker · Marcus 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 224 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“'so severe, by itself or in conjunction with other impairments, as to preclude any substantial gainful employment.'”
13 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. Jobs are sedentary if walking and standing are required occasionally and other sedentary criteria are met.”
5 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“Congress has instructed us that the factual findings of the Secretary, if supported by substantial evidence, shall be conclusive. We would be derelict in our duties if we simply paid lip service to this rule, while shaping our holding to conform to our own interpretation of the evidence.”
3 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.