Arch Mineral Corp. v. Director, Office of Workers' Compensation Programs, United States Department of Labor’s Empirical Analysis
798 F.2d 215 · 1986
Citation profile
63 federal appellate · 1 district · 1 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 76 later decisions — most recently December 2007 · most notably Shendock v. Director, Office of Workers' Compensation Programs (1990), Dreis & Krump Manufacturing Co. v. International Ass'n of Machinists & Aerospace Workers (1986)
63 federal appellate · 1 district · 1 state decisions
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 30 U.S.C. § 901 (Black Lung Benefits Act) · 30 U.S.C. § 921 · 33 U.S.C. § 921 · 5 U.S.C. § 704
Relies on Udall v. Tallman · Stafford v. Oklahoma · Hildebrand v. Social Security Administration · Northeast Marine Terminal Co. v. Caputo · Donovan v. Dewey
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 76 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[i]t is obviously wasteful of the resources of the courts to burden them with objections to administrative action which may be obviated by agency action on reconsideration.”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“'the process of weighing conflicting medical evidence and drawing inferences therefrom properly lies within the authority of the ALJ.'”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“'(1) the miner did not have pneumoconiosis; or (2) the miner was not totally or partially disabled at the time of his death; or (3) the partial or total disability which the miner may have suffered at the time of his death was not due to pneumoconiosis.'”
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.