Lombardo v. Schweiker’s Empirical Analysis
749 F.2d 565 · 1984
Citation profile
15 federal appellate · 2 district ·
How this case has been cited
Cited by 35 later decisions — most recently April 2016 · most notably Rodriguez v. Bowen (1989), Burkhart v. Bowen (1988)
15 federal appellate · 2 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
Applies 42 U.S.C. § 405 (§ 205 of the Social Security Act of 1935)
Relies on Richardson v. Perales · Phelps Dodge Corp. v. AFL-CIO Joint Negotiating Committee · Sample v. Schweiker · Kornock v. Harris · Alvarado v. Weinberger
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 35 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“'more than a mere scintilla. It means such relevant evidence as a reasonable mind might accept as adequate to support a conclusion.'”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“The medical opinion of specialists may be entitled to greater weight than that of general practitioners.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“the decision of an ALJ is binding only if neither party requests a review of the decision.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Rice v. Sullivan
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.