Fair v. Bowen’s Empirical Analysis
885 F.2d 597 · 1989
Citation profile
119 federal appellate · 33 district ·
How this case has been cited
Cited by 404 later decisions — most recently February 2021 · most notably 15161b v. Dar a Smolen, Andrews v. Shalala (1995)
119 federal appellate · 33 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 42 U.S.C. § 401 (§ 201 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 Magallanes v. Bowen · Embrey v. Bowen · Gallant v. Heckler · Cotton 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 404 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[I]f, despite his claims of pain, a claimant is able to perform household chores and other activities that involve many of the same physical tasks as a particular type of job, it would not be farfetched for an ALJ to conclude that the claimant's pain does not prevent the claimant from working.”
9 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“Credibility determinations are the province of the ALJ. Where ... the ALJ has made specific findings justifying a decision to disbelieve an allegation of excess pain, and those findings are supported by substantial evidence in the record, our role is not to second-guess that decision.”
9 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“an unexplained, or inadequately explained, failure to seek treatment”
9 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.