Drouin v. Sullivan’s Empirical Analysis
966 F.2d 1255 · 1992
Citation profile
50 federal appellate · 12 district ·
How this case has been cited
Cited by 91 later decisions — most recently February 2020 · most notably 14838b v. Dar Roberts, Orteza v. Shalala (1995)
50 federal appellate · 12 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. § 423 (§ 223 of the Social Security Act of 1935)
Relies on Richardson v. Perales · Consolidated Edison Co of New York v. National Labor Relations Board · Magallanes v. Bowen · Bunnell v. Sullivan · Gallant v. Heckler
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 91 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“means such relevant evidence as a reasonable mind might accept as adequate to support a conclusion.”
7 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“inability to engage in any substantial gainful activity by reason of any medically determinable physical or mental impairment which can be expected to result in death or which has lasted or can be expected to last for a continuous period of not less than 12 months.”
6 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“The Secretary's decision adopting the ALJ's denial of benefits will stand if we determine that substantial evidence supports the ALJ's findings and that the ALJ applied the correct legal standards.”
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.