Coffman v. Bowen’s Empirical Analysis
829 F.2d 514 · 1987
Citation profile
39 federal appellate · 27 district · 1 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 154 later decisions — most recently February 2023 · most notably Hays v. Sullivan (1990), Craig v. Chater (1996)
39 federal appellate · 27 district · 1 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. § 405 (§ 205 of the Social Security Act of 1935) · 42 U.S.C. § 416 (§ 216 of the Social Security Act of 1935) · 42 U.S.C. § 423 (§ 223 of the Social Security Act of 1935)
Relies on Heckler v. Campbell · Taylor v. Weinberger · Hall v. Harris · Vitek v. Finch
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 154 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“the opinion of a claimant's treating physician be given great weight and may be disregarded only if there is persuasive contradictory evidence.”
15 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“A factual finding by the ALJ [as adopted by the Secretary] is not binding if it was reached by means of an improper standard or misapplication of the law.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“proper reference to the medical-vocational guidelines set forth in 20 C.F.R. Pt. 404, Subpt. P, App. 2.”
2 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.