Kangas v. Bowen’s Empirical Analysis
823 F.2d 775 · 1987
Citation profile
15 federal appellate · 10 district ·
How this case has been cited
Cited by 68 later decisions — most recently February 2019 · most notably Williams v. Sullivan (1992), Brown v. Bowen (1988)
15 federal appellate · 10 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
Applies 28 U.S.C. § 1291 · 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 · Heckler v. Campbell · Smith v. Califano · Dobrowolsky v. Califano
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 68 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“substantial gainful work which exists in the national economy.”
5 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“medically determinable basis for an impairment that prevents him from engaging in any 'substantial gainful activity' for a statutory twelve-month period.”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“A claimant may show an inability to engage in substantial gainful activity for a continuous period of twelve months in either of two ways: (1) by producing medical evidence that one is disabled per se by meeting or equalling certain listed impairments; or (2) by demonstrating an impairment of such severity as to be unable to engage in any kind of “substantial gainful work which exists in the national economy.””
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.