McAllister v. Sullivan’s Empirical Analysis
888 F.2d 599 · 1989
Citation profile
24 federal appellate · 4 district ·
How this case has been cited
Cited by 84 later decisions — most recently March 2017 · most notably Drouin v. Sullivan (1992), Marcia v. Sullivan (1990)
24 federal appellate · 4 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)
Relies on Richardson v. Perales · Embrey v. Bowen · Murray v. Heckler · Desrosiers v. Secretary of Health & Human Services · Martinez 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 84 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“such relevant evidence as a reasonable mind might accept as adequate to support a conclusion.”
10 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“but less than a preponderance of evidence. Id. 14 Irey challenges the summary judgment on three grounds. First, she argues that the ALJ improperly dismissed Dr. Killeen's findings. Second, she argues that the ALJ's decision is not supported by substantial evidence. And third, she argues that the Secretary did not satisfy his burden of proving that Irey could perform a significant number of jobs that exist in the national economy. We disagree. 15 When the treating physician's opinion is contradicted by another doctor and the ALJ wishes to disregard the opinion of the treating physician,”
6 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“If additional proceedings can remedy defects in the original administrative proceedings, a social security case should be remanded. Where, however, a rehearing would simply delay receipt of benefits, reversal and an award of benefits is appropriate.”
5 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.