Howell v. Sullivan’s Empirical Analysis
950 F.2d 343 · 1991
Citation profile
14 federal appellate · 1 district ·
How this case has been cited
Cited by 47 later decisions — most recently August 2012 · most notably Luna v. Shalala (1994), Binion v. Shalala (1994)
14 federal appellate · 1 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
Relies on Richardson v. Perales · Walker v. Bowen · Delgado v. Bowen · Moon v. Sullivan · Thompson v. Sullivan
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 47 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“'such relevant evidence as a reasonable mind might accept as adequate to support a conclusion.'”
4 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“Although the regulations do not mandate a psychiatric or psychological evaluation of every alcoholic who claims a disability, the regulations do severely limit proceeding without a medical advisor and seem to presume that an AU has before him expert evaluation of the mental impairment.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Shields v. Sullivan“When evidence of alcoholism is presented in the administrative hearing, the ALJ is required to inquire into the present status and possible effects of that alcoholism ...”
1 later decision 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.