Kellar v. Bowen’s Empirical Analysis
848 F.2d 121 · 1988
Citation profile
8 federal appellate · 1 state decisions
Relationships
Applies 28 U.S.C. § 1291 · 28 U.S.C. § 2412 · 42 U.S.C. § 1381 (§ 1601 of the Social Security Act of 1935) · 42 U.S.C. § 405 (§ 205 of the Social Security Act of 1935)
Relies on Cotton v. Bowen · Gamer v. Secretary of Health & Human Services · United States v. Hayes · Brown v. Heckler · Cristobal SANCHEZ, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. SECRETARY OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, Defendant-Appellee
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.
“once [the claimant] shows that he is a diagnosed alcoholic, the burden shifts to the Secretary to make the inquiry whether [the claimant] has lost the ability to control his drinking, and whether alcoholism precludes him from obtaining and maintaining employment.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Clem v. Sullivan“pattern of heavy drinking did not disable him from performing his prior work,”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Clem v. Sullivan“had not established his inability to perform his prior work.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Clem v. Sullivan
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.