Embrey v. Bowen’s Empirical Analysis
849 F.2d 418 · 1988
Citation profile
99 federal appellate · 23 district · 1 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 268 later decisions — most recently June 2023 · most notably Magallanes v. Bowen (1989), 15229b v. Dar Lester
99 federal appellate · 23 district · 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. § 405 (§ 205 of the Social Security Act of 1935) · 42 U.S.C. § 423 (§ 223 of the Social Security Act of 1935)
Relies on Gallant v. Heckler · Cotton v. Bowen · Murray v. Heckler · Desrosiers 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 268 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“explain why they, rather than the doctors, are correct.”
13 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“[h]ypothetical questions posed to the vocational experts must set out all the limitations and restrictions of the particular claimant, including, for example, pain.”
10 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“he must set forth specific, legitimate reasons for doing so, and this decision must itself be based on substantial evidence.”
8 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.