Summers v. Bowen’s Empirical Analysis
813 F.2d 241 · 1987
Citation profile
11 federal appellate ·
Relationships
Applies 42 U.S.C. § 423 (§ 223 of the Social Security Act of 1935)
Relies on Cotton v. Bowen · Green v. Schweiker · Howard v. Heckler · Foster v. Heckler · Yuckert 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 18 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“specific, legitimate reasons based on substantial evidence”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Davis v. Heckler
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.