Fox v. Bowen’s Empirical Analysis
835 F.2d 1159 · 1987
Citation profile
7 federal appellate · 2 district ·
How this case has been cited
Cited by 27 later decisions — most recently July 2010 · most notably Dugan v. Sullivan (1992), Sheppard v. Sullivan (1990)
7 federal appellate · 2 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 42 U.S.C. § 405 (§ 205 of the Social Security Act of 1935)
Relies on Udall v. Tallman · United States v. Larionoff · Federal Power Commission v. Amerada Petroleum Corp. · McCuin v. Secretary of Health & Human Services · Callender v. Florida
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 27 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“do not expressly preclude reopening to revise a determination based upon the application of an incorrect legal standard or the misinterpretation of law existing at the time of the determination. The regulations merely prohibit reopening when a change of legal interpretation or administrative ruling upon which the initial determination was based constitutes the sole basis for reopening. Reopening to change a legal interpretation is precluded because when a question of legal interpretation is involved the evidence considered in making the determination does not clearly show on its face that an error was made. In contrast, when the application of an incorrect legal standard or the misinterpretation of law existing at the time of the determination is involved the evidence clearly shows on its face that an error was made.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage“We will find that there is good cause to reopen a determination or decision if ... (3) The evidence that was considered in making the determination or decision clearly shows on its face that an error was made.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Descheenie v. Bowen“of an ALJ's disability determination within sixty days of the date of a hearing decision or dismissal. 20 C.F.R. §§ 404.969 and 416.1469. The regulations expressly provide the Appeals Council may”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Mines v. Sullivan
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.