Copeland v. Bowen’s Empirical Analysis
861 F.2d 536 · 1988
Citation profile
8 federal appellate · 3 district · 3 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 34 later decisions — most recently October 2018 · most notably Thomas v. Barnhart (2002), Fair v. Bowen (1989)
8 federal appellate · 3 district · 3 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
Relies on Richardson v. Perales · Consolidated Edison Co of New York v. National Labor Relations Board · Eisen v. Carlisle & Jacquelin · Coopers & Lybrand v. Livesay · Catlin 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 34 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“not entitled to unlimited cross-examination, but is entitled to such cross-examination as may be required for a full and true disclosure of the facts. The ALJ has discretion to decide when cross-examination is warranted.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Butera v. Apfel“indicate they considered Copeland's credibility as well as medical evidence in making their decisions about Copeland's alleged disabling pain, in accordance with [the specific findings requirement]”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Fair v. Bowen“`ends the litigation on the merits and leaves nothing for the court to do but execute the judgment.'”
1 later decision 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.