Labelle Processing Co. v. Swarrow’s Empirical Analysis
72 F.3d 308 · 1995
Citation profile
31 federal appellate · 2 district · 1 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 52 later decisions — most recently May 2017 · most notably CoreStates Bank, N.A. v. Huls America, Inc. (1999), Lisa Lee Mines v. Director, Office of Workers' Compensation Programs (1996)
31 federal appellate · 2 district · 1 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 30 U.S.C. § 901 (Black Lung Benefits Act) · 30 U.S.C. § 902 · 30 U.S.C. § 921 · 30 U.S.C. § 932 · 33 U.S.C. § 921
Relies on Chevron U. S. A. Inc. v. Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc. · Usery v. Turner Elkhorn Mining Co. · Mourning v. Family Publications Service, Inc. · Lawlor v. National Screen Service Corp. · Pauley v. BethEnergy Mines, Inc.
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 52 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“a chronic dust disease of the lung and its sequelae, including respiratory and pulmonary impairments, arising out of coal mine employment.”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“precluded from collaterally attacking the prior denial of benefits, [he] may file a new claim, asserting that he is now eligible for benefits because he has become totally disabled due to coal miner's pneumoconiosis and that his disability occurred subsequent to the prior adjudication.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“[a]doption of the Director's interpretation accords with the principle that courts should liberally construe remedial legislation, such as the BLBA, so as to include the largest number of claimants within its entitlement provisions.”
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.