Sprague v. Bowen’s Empirical Analysis
812 F.2d 1226 · 1987
Citation profile
100 federal appellate · 23 district · 3 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 259 later decisions — most recently January 2019 · most notably Magallanes v. Bowen (1989), 15229b v. Dar Lester
100 federal appellate · 23 district · 3 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 42 U.S.C. § 402 (§ 202 of the Social Security Act of 1935) · 42 U.S.C. § 405 (§ 205 of the Social Security Act of 1935) · 42 U.S.C. § 423 (§ 223 of the Social Security Act of 1935)
Relies on Richardson v. Perales · Cotton v. Bowen · Murray v. Heckler · Sample v. Schweiker
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 259 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“he is employed to cure and has a greater opportunity to know and observe the patient as an individual.”
22 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“specific, legitimate reasons for doing so that are based on substantial evidence in the record.”
14 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“[d]isregard of this evidence violates the Secretary's regulation that he will consider observations by non-medical sources as to how an impairment affects a claimant's ability to work. 20 C.F.R. Sec. 404.1513(e)(2).”
6 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.