Mullis v. Bowen’s Empirical Analysis

861 F.2d 991 · 1988

Citation profile

cited by 51 later decisions

states following

March 2010

most recently cited

29 federal appellate · 3 district · 2 state decisions

How this case has been cited

Cited by 51 later decisions — most recently March 2010 · most notably Buchman v. Board of Education (1995), Arnone v. Bowen (1989)

29 federal appellate · 3 district · 2 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. § 416 (§ 216 of the Social Security Act of 1935)

Relies on Duncan v. Secretary of Health & Human Services · Detenber v. American Universal Insurance Co · Henry v. Gardner · Parish v. Califano

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 51 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

“whether the Secretary's findings are supported by substantial evidence and whether the Secretary correctly applied the law.”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
e.g. Erma Roush v. Secretary of Health and Human Services · Arson Ratliff v. Secretary of Health and Human Services
“[A]lthough the district court took special note of the fact that claimant had assistance during his job, the ALJ found that it was common to have assistance in that job and that claimant's employer treated him no differently from any other employee.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
e.g. Thompson v. Sullivan Md · 26 soc.sec.rep.ser. 216, unempl.ins.rep. Cch 14796a Easter Mae Thompson v. Louis Sullivan, M.D., Secretary of Health and Human Services
“a 'trial work period' only applies after a person has been adjudged disabled”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
e.g. Walker v. Secretary of Health & Human Services · Salamalekis v. Commissioner of Social Security

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.