Shoemaker v. Bowen’s Empirical Analysis
853 F.2d 858 · 1988
Citation profile
9 federal appellate · 1 district ·
How this case has been cited
Cited by 19 later decisions — most recently April 2006
9 federal appellate · 1 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 28 U.S.C. § 2412 · 42 U.S.C. § 406 (§ 206 of the Social Security Act of 1935) · 42 U.S.C. § 423 (§ 223 of the Social Security Act of 1935)
Relies on Chevron U. S. A. Inc. v. Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc. · Schweiker v. Chilicky · Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco & Firearms v. Federal Labor Relations Authority · Heckler v. Day · Testa v. United States
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 19 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“where Congress has not directly addressed the question at issue, the agency's determination of the statute should be accorded considerable weight . . . Courts, however need not accept an agency's interpretation that frustrates the underlying congressional policy.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the dissent“‘Past due benefits’ means the total amount of benefits payable ... to all beneficiaries that has accumulated because of a favorable administrative or judicial determination or decision, up to but not including the month the determination or decision is made.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the dissent“limit attorney's fees, ... while encourag [ing] effective legal representation by ensuring that attorneys will receive a fee for their representation.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the dissente.g. Kay v. Apfel
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.