Delgado v. Bowen’s Empirical Analysis
782 F.2d 79 · 1986
Citation profile
48 federal appellate · 2 district ·
How this case has been cited
Cited by 183 later decisions — most recently November 2016 · most notably Walker v. Bowen (1987), Ehrhart v. Secretary of Health & Human Services (1992)
48 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 28 U.S.C. § 636 · 42 U.S.C. § 405 (§ 205 of the Social Security Act of 1935)
Relies on Richardson v. Perales · Thomas v. Arn · Consolo v. Federal Maritime Commission · United States v. Raddatz · Mathews v. Weber
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 183 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“such relevant evidence as a reasonable mind might accept as adequate to support a conclusion.”
25 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the concurrence“'may not decide the facts anew, reweigh the evidence, or substitute [its] own judgment for that of the Secretary'”
8 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the concurrence“In addition, the reasons for the AU’s conclusions must be stated in a manner sufficient to permit an informed review.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the concurrence
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.