Cook v. Bowen’s Empirical Analysis
797 F.2d 687 · 1986
Citation profile
24 federal appellate · 1 district ·
How this case has been cited
Cited by 63 later decisions — most recently September 2018 · most notably Gavin v. Heckler (1987), Clark v. Apfel (1998)
24 federal appellate · 1 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 Lewin v. Schwieker · Tennant v. Schweiker · Smith v. Heckler · Edwards 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 63 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“a physical or other mental impairment imposing additional and significant work-related limitation of function.”
11 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“An impairment imposes significant limitations when its effect on a claimant's ability to perform basic work is more than slight or minimal.”
10 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“If you have an impairment(s) which ... is listed in appendix 1 ..., we will find you disabled without considering your age, education, and work experience.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Sird v. Chater
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.