Thompson v. Sullivan’s Empirical Analysis
933 F.2d 581 · 1991
Citation profile
16 federal appellate · 8 district ·
How this case has been cited
Cited by 92 later decisions — most recently May 2019 · most notably Craig v. Chater (1996), Luna v. Shalala (1994)
16 federal appellate · 8 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. § 406 (§ 206 of the Social Security Act of 1935) · 42 U.S.C. § 423 (§ 223 of the Social Security Act of 1935)
Relies on McNamara v. County of San Diego Department of Social Services · Oneida Motor Freight, Inc. v. United Jersey · Gold v. Secretary of Health, Education & Welfare · Lashley v. Secretary of Health & Human Services · Thompson v. Schweiker
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 92 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“scrupulously and conscientiously probe into, inquire of, and explore for all relevant facts.”
4 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Binion v. Shalala · Nelson v. Apfel“(1) the manner in which an attorney can aid in the proceedings, (2) the possibility of free counsel or a contingency arrangement, and (3) the limitation on attorney fees to 25 percent of past due benefits and required court approval of the fees.”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“[a]t the very least, more thorough questioning of Thompson would have been appropriate.”
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.