Jefferson v. Bowen’s Empirical Analysis
794 F.2d 631 · 1986
Citation profile
8 federal appellate · 2 district ·
How this case has been cited
Cited by 13 later decisions — most recently September 2016
8 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. § 404 (§ 204 of the Social Security Act of 1935)
Relies on Bonner v. City of Prichard · Viehman v. Schweiker · Rini v. Harris · Harrison 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 13 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“is highly subjective, highly dependent on the interaction between the intentions and state of mind of the claimant and the peculiar circumstances of his situation.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“from any person who is without fault if such adjustment or recovery would defeat the purpose of this title or would be against equity and good conscience.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“erred by applying the wrong legal standard.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Jefferson 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.