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905 F.2d 1186 · 1990

Citation profile

2
cited by 2 later decisions
August 1996
most recently cited

1 federal appellate ·

Relationships

Applies 28 U.S.C. § 636 · 42 U.S.C. § 405 (§ 205 of the Social Security Act of 1935) · 42 U.S.C. § 416 (§ 216 of the Social Security Act of 1935)

Relies on Sherrill ex rel. Sherrill 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 2 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

  1. “was living with or contributing to the support of the applicant at the time such insured individual died,”
    1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
  2. “by evidence satisfactory to the Commissioner”
    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.