Weisbrod v. Sullivan’s Empirical Analysis
875 F.2d 526 · 1989
Citation profile
4 federal appellate · 1 district ·
How this case has been cited
Cited by 10 later decisions — most recently July 2021
4 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 42 U.S.C. § 406 (§ 206 of the Social Security Act of 1935) · 5 U.S.C. § 706
Relies on Citizens to Preserve Overton Park, Inc. v. Volpe · Blum v. Stenson · Batterton v. Francis · Schweiker v. Gray Panthers · Schweiker v. Wilson
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 10 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“Congress conferred on the [agency] exceptionally broad authority to prescribe standards for applying certain sections of the [Social Security] Act.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“delegation of authority ... in section 206(a) is as great as that contained in the provision at issue in Gray Panthers "). Indeed, § 206(a) grants the Commissioner broad discretion to "prescribe rules and regulations governing the recognition of agents or other persons ... representing claimants before the Commissioner of Social Security.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“appear to be aimed at ensuring that an attorney receives a fair fee for the work he or she performs while at the same time not unduly dissipating the claimant's benefits”
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.