Magallanes v. Bowen’s Empirical Analysis
881 F.2d 747 · 1989
Citation profile
215 federal appellate · 47 district ·
How this case has been cited
Cited by 644 later decisions — most recently August 2020 · most notably 15229b v. Dar Lester, 15161b v. Dar a Smolen
215 federal appellate · 47 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. § 1291 · 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 Richardson v. Perales · Smith v. Califano · Embrey v. Bowen · Gallant v. Heckler
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 644 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“make findings setting forth specific, legitimate reasons for doing so that are based on substantial evidence in the record.”
29 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“the ALJ did not rely on [the nonexamining physician's] testimony alone to reject the opinions of Magallanes's treating physicians....”
16 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“'brief and conclusory in form with little in the way of clinical findings to support its conclusion.'”
16 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.