Cruse v. Bowen’s Empirical Analysis
867 F.2d 1183 · 1989
Citation profile
20 federal appellate · 25 district ·
How this case has been cited
Cited by 166 later decisions — most recently September 2015 · most notably Browning v. Sullivan (1992), Robinson v. Sullivan (1992)
20 federal appellate · 25 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. § 1381 (§ 1601 of the Social Security Act of 1935)
Relies on Universal Camera Corp. v. National Labor Relations Board · Consolidated Edison Co of New York v. National Labor Relations Board · Consolo v. Federal Maritime Commission · Heckler v. Campbell · Polaski 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 166 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“1) the credibility findings made by the ALJ; 2) the plaintiffs vocational factors; 3) medical evidence from treating and consulting physicians; 4) the plaintiffs subjective complaints relating to exertional and non-exertional activities and impairments; 5) any corroboration by third parties of the plaintiffs impairments; and 6) the testimony of vocational experts that is based upon a proper hypothetical questions setting forth the plaintiffs impairment.”
20 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“[t]he concept of substantial evidence is something less than the weight of the evidence and it allows for the possibility of drawing two inconsistent conclusions, thus it embodies a zone of choice within which the Secretary may decide to grant or deny benefits without being subject to reversal on appeal.”
17 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“Substantial evidence is relevant evidence that a reasonable person might accept as adequate to support a conclusion.”
4 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.