Ellison v. Sullivan’s Empirical Analysis
929 F.2d 534 · 1990
Citation profile
19 federal appellate · 29 district · 2 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 61 later decisions — most recently March 2017 · most notably Olenhouse v. Commodity Credit Corp. (1994), Emory v. Sullivan (1991)
19 federal appellate · 29 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 42 U.S.C. § 405 (§ 205 of the Social Security Act of 1935) · 42 U.S.C. § 423 (§ 223 of the Social Security Act of 1935)
Relies on Williams v. Bowen · Broadbent v. Harris · Byron v. Heckler · Brown 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 61 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“Subjective complaints of pain must be evaluated in light of plaintiff's credibility and the medical evidence.”
4 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“[e]vidence is not substantial if it is overwhelmed by other evidence”
4 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“The ALJ reasonably concluded based on the medical evidence presented that plaintiff was capable of working despite [her] assertions to the contrary. We cannot say this finding was not supported by substantial evidence.”
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.