Smith v. Bowen’s Empirical Analysis
826 F.2d 1120 · 1987
Citation profile
11 federal appellate · 39 district ·
How this case has been cited
Cited by 60 later decisions — most recently July 2018 · most notably Clifton Sykes Sr v. Kenneth Apfel (2000), 862 F. Supp. 1 - Davis v. Shalala (1994)
11 federal appellate · 39 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. § 294 · 42 U.S.C. § 401 (§ 201 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 · Bowman Transportation, Inc. v. Arkansas-Best Freight System, Inc. · Heckler v. Campbell · Stephens v. Heckler · Channel 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 60 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“such relevant evidence as a reasonable mind might accept as adequate to support a conclusion.”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“inability to engage in any substantial gainful activity by reason of any medically determinable physical or mental impairment which can be expected to result in death or which has lasted or can be expected to last for a continuous period of not less than 12 months.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Smith v. Sullivan“Id. 12 The grids do not take into account nonexertional impairments such as pain or postural limitations. Thus, the Secretary may not rely on the grids to the extent that pain or postural limitations reduce the claimant's”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Smalls v. Shalala
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.