Burnett v. Bowen’s Empirical Analysis
830 F.2d 731 · 1987
Citation profile
32 federal appellate ·
How this case has been cited
Cited by 75 later decisions — most recently February 2025 · most notably Ehrhart v. Secretary of Health & Human Services (1992), Wolcott v. Sebelius (2011)
32 federal appellate ·
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. § 1331 · 28 U.S.C. § 1361 · 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 Mathews v. Eldridge · Universal Camera Corp. v. National Labor Relations Board · Richardson v. Perales · Consolidated Edison Co of New York v. National Labor Relations Board · Califano v. Yamasaki
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 75 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,'”
4 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“[A]n ALJ is not required to evaluate every piece of testimony and submitted evidence; however, he must articulate at some minimum level his analysis of the evidence in cases in which considerable evidence is presented....”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Ray v. Bowen · Stein v. Sullivan“leaves this court with a record insufficient for a meaningful appellate review.”
3 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.