Fowler v. Bowen’s Empirical Analysis
876 F.2d 1451 · 1989
Citation profile
33 federal appellate · 28 district · 2 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 109 later decisions — most recently November 2023 · most notably Doyal v. Barnhart (2003), Hackett v. Barnhart (2005)
33 federal appellate · 28 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. § 404 (§ 204 of the Social Security Act of 1935) · 42 U.S.C. § 423 (§ 223 of the Social Security Act of 1935)
Relies on Richardson v. Perales · Consolidated Edison Co of New York v. National Labor Relations Board · Allen v. Califano · Broadbent v. Harris · Campbell v. Bowen
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 109 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“such relevant evidence as a reasonable mind might accept as adequate to support a conclusion.”
21 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“[a] determination that [a claimant] is engaged in substantial gainful activity may be made solely on the basis of [the claimant's] earnings compared with the standards set forth in this regulation.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“give great deference to the ALJ's determination of ... credibility.”
2 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.