Director Office of Workers' Compensation Programs United States Department of Labor v. Belcher Erectors US’s Empirical Analysis
770 F.2d 1220 · 1985
Citation profile
14 federal appellate ·
How this case has been cited
Cited by 18 later decisions — most recently April 2003
14 federal appellate ·
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 33 U.S.C. § 908 · 33 U.S.C. § 921 · 33 U.S.C. § 944
Relies on Burks v. Texas · C & P Telephone Co. v. Director, Office of Workers' Compensation Programs · Director, Office of Workers' Compensation Programs v. National Van Lines, Inc. · Director, Office of Workers' Compensation Programs v. Potomac Electric Power Co.
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 18 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“Board is not free to reevaluate the facts de novo; " while record evidence may have adequately supported Board's position, it was "far beyond the province of 'substantial evidence' review to reverse the ALJ for failing”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“the mere fact of past injury does not itself establish disability. There must exist, as a result of that injury, some serious, lasting physical problem.”
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.