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878 F.2d 985 · 1989

Citation profile

42
cited by 42 later decisions
August 2019
most recently cited

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 ·

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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.

  1. “) 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 majority
  2. “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 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.