Davis v. Bowen’s Empirical Analysis
894 F.2d 271 · 1989
Citation profile
12 federal appellate ·
Relationships
Applies 42 U.S.C. § 406 (§ 206 of the Social Security Act of 1935) · 42 U.S.C. § 423 (§ 223 of the Social Security Act of 1935)
Relies on Testa v. United States · Glendal B. Webb v. Elliot L. Richardson · Fenix v. Finch · Dawson v. Finch · Morris v. Social Security Administration
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 16 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“Our review of the denial of a contempt motion is limited to determining whether the district court abused its discretion.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. McBride v. Coleman“the Secretary fully complied with the express terms and intent of the order.”
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.