Farrell v. Sullivan’s Empirical Analysis
878 F.2d 985 · 1989
Citation profile
14 federal appellate ·
How this case has been cited
Cited by 42 later decisions — most recently August 2019 · most notably Scheck v. Barnhart (2004), Rice v. Barnhart (2004)
14 federal appellate ·
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 28 U.S.C. § 1291 · 42 U.S.C. § 402 (§ 202 of the Social Security Act of 1935) · 42 U.S.C. § 405 (§ 205 of the Social Security Act of 1935) · 42 U.S.C. § 423 (§ 223 of the Social Security Act of 1935)
Relies on Walker v. Bowen · Stephens v. Heckler · Zalewski v. Heckler · Cook v. Heckler · Waite 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 42 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“) appeals from the district court's entry of summary judgment in favor of the Secretary of Health and Human Services (”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Stuckey v. Sullivan“The findings of the Secretary as to any fact, if supported by substantial evidence, shall be conclusive.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Stuckey v. Sullivan
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.