Smith v. Bowen’s Empirical Analysis
849 F.2d 1222 · 1988
Citation profile
25 federal appellate · 10 district ·
How this case has been cited
Cited by 69 later decisions — most recently October 2018 · most notably 15229b v. Dar Lester, Lingenfelter v. Astrue (2007)
25 federal appellate · 10 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 42 U.S.C. § 405 (§ 205 of the Social Security Act of 1935)
Relies on Universal Camera Corp. v. National Labor Relations Board · Richardson v. Perales · Sprague v. Bowen · Stark v. Weinberger · Parsons v. Heckler
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 69 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“medical evaluations made after the expiration of a claimant's insured status are relevant to an evaluation of the preexpiration condition.”
8 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“violates the Secretary's regulation that he will consider observations by non-medical sources as to how an impairment affects a claimant's ability to work. 20 C.F.R. Sec. 404.1513(e)(2).”
5 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“We have observed, repeatedly, that evidence bearing upon an applicant’s condi tion subsequent to the date upon which the earning requirement was last met is pertinent evidence in that it may disclose the severity and continuity of impairments existing before the earning requirement date or may identify additional impairments which could reasonably be presumed to have been present.”
2 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.