Wallace v. Secretary of Health & Human Services’s Empirical Analysis
722 F.2d 1150 · 1983
Citation profile
31 federal appellate · 12 district · 1 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 74 later decisions — most recently May 2015 · most notably Frey v. Bowen (1987), Podedworny v. Harris (1984)
31 federal appellate · 12 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 28 U.S.C. § 1291 · 42 U.S.C. § 405 (§ 205 of the Social Security Act of 1935) · 42 U.S.C. § 416 (§ 216 of the Social Security Act of 1935)
Relies on Richardson v. Perales · Heckler v. Campbell · Cotter v. Harris · Smith v. Califano · Kent v. Schweiker
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 74 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.”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority““If aptitudes common to most people are equated with the ‘substantial vocational asset’ of transferable work skills, there would be in essence no distinction between unskilled and semiskilled individuals for purposes of transferability. Thus, it would appear that the vocational expert’s opinion is predicated upon an incorrect application of the Secretary’s own ruling.””
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“an ALJ is not free to set his own expertise against that of physicians who present competent medical evidence”
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.