Brown v. Sullivan’s Empirical Analysis
912 F.2d 1194 · 1990
Citation profile
19 federal appellate · 55 district ·
How this case has been cited
Cited by 91 later decisions — most recently October 2016 · most notably Grogan v. Barnhart (2005), Shepherd v. Apfel (1999)
19 federal appellate · 55 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 42 U.S.C. § 405 (§ 205 of the Social Security Act of 1935)
Relies on Richardson v. Perales · Califano v. Sanders · Bibby v. United States · Daniel v. Security Pacific National Bank · Broadbent v. Harris
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 91 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“Because the Secretary expressly refused to reopen by invoking the doctrine of res judicata, there was no reopening in fact.”
4 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“The Secretary's decision not to reopen a previously adjudicated claim for benefits is discretionary and, therefore, is not a final decision reviewable under 42 U.S.C. 405(g).”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“The medical improvement standard [of the Act] applies only in termination cases, not in later applications for benefits.”
3 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.