Robinson v. Bowen’s Empirical Analysis
828 F.2d 71 · 1987
Citation profile
15 federal appellate · 2 district · 1 state decisions
Relationships
Applies 42 U.S.C. § 1382 (§ 1611 of the Social Security Act of 1935) · 42 U.S.C. § 1382A (§ 1612 of the Social Security Act of 1935) · 42 U.S.C. § 1382C (§ 1614 of the Social Security Act of 1935) · 42 U.S.C. § 1383 (§ 1631 of the Social Security Act of 1935) · 42 U.S.C. § 405 (§ 205 of the Social Security Act of 1935) · 42 U.S.C. § 407 (§ 207 of the Social Security Act of 1935)
Relies on Udall v. Tallman · Watt v. Alaska · Schweiker v. Gray Panthers · Schweiker v. Wilson · Heckler v. Turner
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 29 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[A]ny payments received as an annuity, pension, retirement, or disability benefit, including veterans’ compensation and pensions, workmen’s compensation payments, old age, survivors, and disability insurance benefits, railroad retirement annuities and pensions, and unemployment insurance benefits.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“we affirm the judgment of the district court, substantially for the reasons set out in Judge Weinfeld’s opinion below, Robinson v. Bowen, 650 F.Supp. 1495 (S.D.N.Y.1987).”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“[i]n determining the amount of unearned income the amount actually available to the individual is considered.”
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.