Baker v. Bowen’s Empirical Analysis
839 F.2d 1075 · 1988
Citation profile
32 federal appellate · 5 district ·
How this case has been cited
Cited by 121 later decisions — most recently June 2019 · most notably Powers v. Commissioner (1993), Perales v. Casillas (1992)
32 federal appellate · 5 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 28 U.S.C. § 2412 · 42 U.S.C. § 405 (§ 205 of the Social Security Act of 1935)
Relies on Action on Smoking & Health v. Civil Aeronautics Board · Hirschey v. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission · McGill v. Secretary of Health & Human Services · Sierra Club v. Secretary of the Army · Trichilo v. Secretary of Health & Human Services
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 121 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[e]xcept in unusual circumstances, ... an increase should be granted.”
11 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“an increase in the cost of living ... justifies a higher fee”
8 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“[In 1996], Congress believed [$125] was a sufficient rate for awards under the Act. By permitting cost-of-living increases, Congress intended to provide attorneys at most with an hourly rate in present-day dollars commensurate with [$125] in [1996].”
4 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.