Russell v. Sullivan’s Empirical Analysis
887 F.2d 170 · 1989
Citation profile
How this case has been cited
Cited by 12 later decisions — most recently April 2016
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. § 404 (§ 204 of the Social Security Act of 1935) · 42 U.S.C. § 406 (§ 206 of the Social Security Act of 1935)
Relies on Ruckelshaus v. Sierra Club · Finney v. Arkansas Board of Correction · Copaken v. Secretary of Health Education and Welfare · Gowen v. Bowen · Motley 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 12 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“The United States is not liable for such a payment absent a specific waiver of sovereign immunity.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“the Secretary's fee awards are not judicially reviewable, the district court likewise has no authority to force the Secretary to comply with an award the court did not issue.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Pittman v. Sullivan“contemplates payment of the fee award by the claimant, out of past-due benefits, rather than by the government, out of general funds.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Pittman 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.