MaCgregor v. Bowen’s Empirical Analysis
786 F.2d 1050 · 1986
Citation profile
52 federal appellate · 2 district ·
How this case has been cited
Cited by 222 later decisions — most recently June 2022 · most notably Luna v. Bowen (1987), Lewis v. Callahan (1997)
52 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) · 42 U.S.C. § 423 (§ 223 of the Social Security Act of 1935)
Relies on Richardson v. Perales · Beavers v. Secretary of Health, Education & Welfare · Bloodsworth v. Heckler · Cowart 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 222 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“The [ALJ] must specify what weight is given to a treating physician's opinion and any reason for giving it no weight ....”
6 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“although a sedentary job is defined as one which involves sitting, a certain amount of walking and standing is often necessary in carrying out job duties.”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“must scrutinize the record as a whole to determine if the decision reached is reasonable and supported by substantial evidence.”
3 later decisions 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.