Wright v. Sullivan’s Empirical Analysis
900 F.2d 675 · 1990
Citation profile
12 federal appellate · 4 district ·
How this case has been cited
Cited by 40 later decisions — most recently December 2018 · most notably Robert M. Haddock v. Kenneth S. Apfel, Commissioner, Social Security Administration (1999), Adorno v. Shalala (1994)
12 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) · 42 U.S.C. § 422 (§ 222 of the Social Security Act of 1935) · 42 U.S.C. § 423 (§ 223 of the Social Security Act of 1935)
Relies on Universal Camera Corp. v. National Labor Relations Board · Richardson v. Perales · Bowen v. Yuckert · Heckler v. Campbell · Sullivan v. Zebley
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 40 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“... work may be substantial even if it is done on a part-time basis ...”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. 50 soc.sec.rep.ser. 129, unempl.ins.rep. (Cch) P 15087b, 96 Cal. Daily Op. Serv. 943, 96 Daily Journal D.A.R. 1490 Donel Byington, Plaintiff-Appellee-Cross-Appellant v. Shirley S. Chater, Commissioner, Social Security Administration, Defendant-Appellant-Cross-Appellee · Katz v. Secretary of Health & Human Services“work may be substantial even if done on a part-time basis”
1 later decision 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.