Hammock v. Bowen’s Empirical Analysis
879 F.2d 498 · 1989
Citation profile
60 federal appellate · 35 district ·
How this case has been cited
Cited by 171 later decisions — most recently February 2019 · most notably 15229b v. Dar Lester, Fair v. Bowen (1989)
60 federal appellate · 35 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 28 U.S.C. § 2412 · 42 U.S.C. § 1381 (§ 1601 of the Social Security Act of 1935) · 42 U.S.C. § 401 (§ 201 of the Social Security Act of 1935) · 42 U.S.C. § 423 (§ 223 of the Social Security Act of 1935)
Relies on Pierce v. Underwood · Sprague v. Bowen · Cotton v. Bowen · MaCgregor v. Bowen · Desrosiers v. Secretary of Health & Human Services
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 171 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“while a claimant's impairments can be improved by simply following a doctor's orders to lose weight, losing weight is a task which is not equivalent to taking pills or following a prescription.”
4 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“we will not remand solely to allow the ALJ to make specific findings regarding that testimony.”
4 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. 49 soc.sec.rep.ser. 442, unempl.ins.rep. (Cch) P 14852b, 95 Cal. Daily Op. Serv. 8532, 95 Daily Journal D.A.R. 14,753, 95 Daily Journal D.A.R. 15,699 James Lester v. Shirley S. Chater, Commissioner of the Social Security Administration · 50 soc.sec.rep.ser. 536, unempl.ins.rep. (Cch) P 15229b, 96 Cal. Daily Op. Serv. 2401, 96 Daily Journal D.A.R. 4034 James Lester v. Shirley S. Chater, Commissioner of the Social Security Administration“may not affirm simply by isolating a specific quantum of supporting evidence.”
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.