Collins v. Secretary of Health & Human Services’s Empirical Analysis
734 F.2d 1177 · 1984
Citation profile
13 federal appellate ·
Relationships
Applies 30 U.S.C. § 901 · 30 U.S.C. § 921
Relies on Filmon v. Florida · Ansel v. Weinberger · Begley v. Mathews · Haywood v. Secretary of Health & Human Services · Lawson v. Secretary of Health & Human Services
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 14 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[A] finding of nondisability contained in the report of a physician who has not examined a patient is insufficient evidence to rebut the positive proof of disability”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“permanently and totally disabled for all work in a dusty environment and for all manual labor.”
1 later decision 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.