Asher v. Bowen’s Empirical Analysis
837 F.2d 825 · 1988
Citation profile
7 federal appellate ·
How this case has been cited
Cited by 14 later decisions — most recently March 2001
7 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. § 636 · 42 U.S.C. § 405 (§ 205 of the Social Security Act of 1935)
Relies on Kail v. Heckler · Shelman v. Heckler · Sryock v. Heckler · Warmoth v. Bowen · Smith v. Bowen
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 14 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“where a claimant has an intolerance for atmospheric pulmonary irritants, special consideration is required, above and beyond a mechanical application of the Guidelines.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“mental, sensory, or skin impairments, as well as impairments which result in postural and manipulative limitations or environmental restrictions.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Sanders v. Sullivan“[w]e are compelled to conclude that this finding, stated without supporting authority of any kind, is not supported by substantial evidence.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Buck v. Bowen
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.