Quinlivan v. Sullivan’s Empirical Analysis
916 F.2d 524 · 1990
Citation profile
10 federal appellate · 2 district · 2 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 25 later decisions — most recently May 2022 · most notably International Union, United Automobile, Aerospace & Agricultural Implement Workers v. Dole (1990), McConnell v. Director, Office of Workers' Compensation Programs, United States Department of Labor (1993)
10 federal appellate · 2 district · 2 state decisions
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 38 U.S.C. § 3102 · 42 U.S.C. § 402 (§ 202 of the Social Security Act of 1935) · 42 U.S.C. § 404 (§ 204 of the Social Security Act of 1935)
Relies on Chevron U. S. A. Inc. v. Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc. · Southeastern Community College v. Davis · International Brotherhood of Teamsters v. Daniel · Foster v. Tourtellotte · 11 Cal. 3d 313 - Gilles v. Department of Human Resources Development
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 25 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““[T]he meaning of the phrase, “equity and good conscience,” cannot be limited to the three narrow definitions set forth in the Secretary’s regulation. Congress intended a broad concept of fairness to apply to waiver requests, one that reflects the ordinary meaning of the statutory language and takes into account the facts and circumstances of each case.””
5 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“The Social Security Act provides for a waiver of overpayments if (1) a claimant is without fault in receiving the payment and (2) requiring repaying would either defeat the purpose of Title II, or would be against equity and good conscience.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“courts must apply cautiously the equity and good conscience standard to the circumstances of each case”
2 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.