Johnson v. Sullivan’s Empirical Analysis
922 F.2d 346 · 1990
Citation profile
12 federal appellate · 2 district ·
How this case has been cited
Cited by 56 later decisions — most recently November 2023 · most notably Sarchet v. Chater (1996), Venters v. City of Delphi (1997)
12 federal appellate · 2 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 30 U.S.C. § 932 · 42 U.S.C. § 1382 (§ 1611 of the Social Security Act of 1935) · 42 U.S.C. § 405 (§ 205 of the Social Security Act of 1935) · 42 U.S.C. § 421 (§ 221 of the Social Security Act of 1935) · 42 U.S.C. § 423 (§ 223 of the Social Security Act of 1935)
Relies on Mathews v. Eldridge · Weinberger v. Salfi · Irwin v. Department of Veterans Affairs · Bowen v. Yuckert · Califano v. Yamasaki
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 56 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“bound up with the merits so closely that [the court's] decision would constitute 'interference with agency process.'”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage“a collateral attack rather than one on the merits”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage“If you do not have any impairment of combination of impairments which significantly limits your physical or mental ability to do basic work activities, we will find that you do not have a severe impairment and are, therefore, not disabled. We will not consider your age, education, and work experience.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
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.