Lugo v. Secretary of Health & Human Services’s Empirical Analysis
794 F.2d 14 · 1986
Citation profile
23 federal appellate · 11 district ·
How this case has been cited
Cited by 41 later decisions — most recently September 2023 · most notably Rodriguez Pagan v. Secretary of Health and Human Services (1987), Ortiz v. Secretary of Health & Human Services (1989)
23 federal appellate · 11 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
Relies on Vazquez v. Secretary of Health and Human Services · Gagnon v. Secretary of Health & Human Services · Burgos Lopez v. Sec of Health and Human Services
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 41 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“depends on whether claimant's nonexertional impairment 'significantly affects [a] claimant's ability to perform the full range of jobs' at the appropriate strength level.”
4 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“(1) In the evaluation of disability where the individual has solely a nonexertional type of impairment, determination as to whether disability exists shall be based on the principles in the appropriate sections of the regulations, giving consideration to the rules for specific case situations in this Appendix 2. The rules do not direct factual conclusions of disabled or not disabled for individuals with solely nonexertional types of impairments. (2) ... [Wjhere an individual has an impairment or combination of impairments resulting in both strength limitations and nonexertional limitations, the rules in this subpart are considered in determining first whether a finding of disabled may be possible based on the strength limitations alone and, if not, the rule(s) reflecting the individual’s maximum residual strength capabilities, age, education, and work experience provide a framework for consideration of how much the individual’s work capability is further diminished in terms of any types of jobs that would be contraindicated by the nonexertional limitations.”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“Neither the Appeals Council nor this court is qualified to make [a] medical judgment about residual functional capacity based solely on bare medical findings as to [a] claimant's ... condition.”
2 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.