Conley v. Bowen’s Empirical Analysis
781 F.2d 143 · 1986
Citation profile
40 federal appellate · 5 district ·
How this case has been cited
Cited by 78 later decisions — most recently June 2016 · most notably Cruse v. Bowen (1989), Ward v. Heckler (1986)
40 federal appellate · 5 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 Polaski v. Heckler · McCoy v. Schweiker · Polaski v. Heckler · Parsons v. Heckler · Tucker v. Heckler
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 78 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“Subjective complaints may be discounted if there are inconsistencies in the record as a whole, but not discounted solely on the basis of an ALJ's personal observation.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Taylor v. Bowen“task is limited to a determination of whether the Secretary's decision is supported by substantial evidence in the record as a whole.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“within sixty days after the mailing to him of notice of such decision or within such further time as the Secretary may allow.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Hammonds v. Bowen
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.