Lamb v. Bowen’s Empirical Analysis
847 F.2d 698 · 1988
Citation profile
5 federal appellate · 2 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 102 later decisions — most recently January 2019 · most notably Foote v. Chater (1995), Wilson v. Barnhart (2002)
5 federal appellate · 2 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)
Relies on MaCgregor v. Bowen · Walden v. Schweiker · Boyd v. Heckler · Strickland v. Harris · Sharfarz 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 102 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“1. evidence of an underlying medical condition and either 2. objective medical evidence confirming the severity of the alleged pain arising from that condition or 3. that the objectively determined medical condition is of such severity that it can reasonably be expected to cause the alleged pain.”
13 later decisions quote this exact passage“In order to establish a disability based on testimony of pain and other symptoms, the claimant must satisfy two parts of a three-part test showing: (1) evidence of an underlying medical condition; and (2) either (a) objective medical evidence confirming the severity of the alleged pain; or (b) that the objectively determined medical condition can reasonably be expected to give rise to the claimed pain.”
10 later decisions quote this exact passage“The Secretary, in his brief, makes much of the fact that until January 7, 1985 Dr. Burr had not indicated that appellant was permanently unemployable; that Dr. Hutchison in November of 1982 revealed that appellant could return to work in three months; that Dr. Kane never said appellant could not perform light work, and that Dr. Burr in June of 1983 indicated that in four to five months appellant could return to work. Dr. Kane opined in June of 1984 that appellant’s condition and the restriction of activity necessitated by the condition was not compatible with his former employment. It is true that Dr. Kane did not restrict appellant from light work. It is equally true that he did not recommend light work. In fact, Dr. Kane did not address the issue of any type of work but appellant’s former work. Such silence is equally susceptible to either inference, therefore, no inference should be taken.”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage
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.