Sciarotta v. Bowen’s Empirical Analysis
837 F.2d 135 · 1988
Citation profile
12 federal appellate · 4 district · 8 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 34 later decisions — most recently March 2009 · most notably 120 Wash. 2d 461 - Harris v. Department of Labor & Industries (1993), Arnold v. United Parcel Service, Inc. (1998)
12 federal appellate · 4 district · 8 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. § 423 (§ 223 of the Social Security Act of 1935) · 42 U.S.C. § 424A (§ 224 of the Social Security Act of 1935)
Relies on Chevron U. S. A. Inc. v. Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc. · Richardson v. Belcher · Sullivan v. United States · Stover v. Rau · Duke Power Co. v. Carolina Environmental Study Group, Inc.
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 34 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“allows the state's reduction to take precedence, and precludes [the federal government] from implementing a second, double, offset.”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“If for any month prior to the month in which an individual attains the age of 65— (1) such individual is entitled to benefits under section 423 of this title, and (2) such individual is entitled for such month to periodic benefits on account of such individual's total or partial disability (whether or not permanent) under— ... a workmen’s compensation law or plan of the United States or a State ... the total of his benefits under section 423 of this title for such month and of any benefits under section 402 of this title for such month based on his wages and self-employment income shall be reduced (but not below zero) by the amount by which the sum of— (3) such total of benefits under section 423 and 402 of this title for such month, and (4) such periodic benefits payable (and actually paid) for such month to such individual under such laws or plans, exceeds the higher of— (5) 80 per centum of his “average current earnings”, or (6) the total of such individual’s disability insurance benefits under section 423 of this title for such month and of any monthly insurance benefits under section 402 of this title for such month based on his wages and self-employment income, prior to reduction under this section.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“If any periodic benefit for a total or partial disability under ... [a workmen’s compensation law or plan of the United States or a state] is payable on other than a monthly basis (excluding a benefit payable as a lump-sum except to the extent that it is a commutation .of, or a substitute for, periodic payments), the reduction under this section shall be made at such time or times and in such amounts as the Commissioner of Social Security finds will approximate as nearly as practicable the reduction prescribed by [42 U.S.C. § 424a(a) ].”
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.