Campbell v. Consolidation Coal Co.’s Empirical Analysis
811 F.2d 302 · 1987
Citation profile
23 federal appellate ·
How this case has been cited
Cited by 28 later decisions — most recently October 2023 · most notably Zimmerman v. Director, Office of Workers' Compensation Programs, United States Department of Labor (1989), Andersen v. Director, Office of Workers' Compensation Programs (2006)
23 federal appellate ·
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) · 33 U.S.C. § 921
Relies on Gibas v. Saginaw Mining Co. · Ansel v. Weinberger · Peabody Coal Co. v. Benefits Review Board · Moore v. Califano · Pavesi v. Director, Office of Workers' Compensation Programs, United States Department of Labor
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 28 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“the Board must affirm the administrative law judge if his or her decision is supported by substantial evidence and is not irrational.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“shall be conclusive if supported by substantial evidence in the record considered as a whole.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“significantly related to, or aggravated by dust exposure in coal mine employment”
1 later decision 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.