Brown v. Bowen’s Empirical Analysis
847 F.2d 342 · 1988
Citation profile
10 federal appellate · 1 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 38 later decisions — most recently January 2009 · most notably Binion v. Chater (1997), United States v. Penson (1990)
10 federal appellate · 1 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. § 404 (§ 204 of the Social Security Act of 1935) · 42 U.S.C. § 416 (§ 216 of the Social Security Act of 1935)
Relies on Addington v. Texas · United States v. Powell · United States v. One Assortment of 89 Firearms · Stephens v. Heckler · Zblewski v. Schweiker
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 38 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[T]he level of articulation required is far from precise ... The requirement that the AU articulate his consideration of the evidence is deliberately flexible. “It is enough if the AU indicates the path of decision. The administrative tribunal need not spell out every step in the reasoning, if it provides enough of the steps that the' full course may be discerned.””
5 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“The levels of confidence required by the burdens of proof are themselves varia-ble_ The more serious the consequences (and therefore the higher costs of error), the more asymmetric the stakes ..., the higher the level of certainty re-quired_ Illinois treats the determination of paternity for intestate succession as a serious matter, in which the risk of error is potentially high....”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“'Beyond a reasonable doubt' means one thing in a misdemeanor case and another in a capital case.... The more serious the consequences ... the higher the level of certainty required.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Binion v. Chater
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.