Robinson v. Heckler’s Empirical Analysis
783 F.2d 1144 · 1986
Citation profile
15
cited by 15 later decisions
December 1998
most recently cited
6 federal appellate · 2 district ·
Relationships
Applies 28 U.S.C. § 2412
Relies on Stafford v. Oklahoma · Strong v. United States · McGowen v. Harris · Guthrie v. Schweiker · McDonald v. Schweiker
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 15 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[e]rror on the face of the evidence does not encompass a disputed issue of fact since, almost as a matter of definition, when facts are in dispute no single answer is evident.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Kasey v. Sullivan
How this case has been treated — in progress
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