Overton v. Reilly’s Empirical Analysis
977 F.2d 1190 · 1992
Citation profile
32 federal appellate · 8 district · 7 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Southeastern Community College v. Davis · Indelicato v. United States · Prewitt v. United States Postal Service · Pushkin v. Regents of the University of Colorado · Doe v. New York University
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 84 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“First, the SSA may award disability benefits on a finding that the claimant meets the criteria for a listed disability, without inquiring into his ability to find work within the economy.... Second, even if the SSA had looked into Overton’s ability to find work in the national economy, its inquiry would necessarily be generalized. The SSA may determine that a claimant is unlikely to find a job, but that does not mean that there is no work the claimant can do. In sum, the determination of disability may be relevant evidence of the severity of Overton’s handicap, but it can hardly be construed as a judgment that Overton could not do his job at the EPA.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“issue on which the district court granted ... judgment is identical (or at least substantially similar) under both provisions”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“Sec. 504 applies to employment discrimination suits against federal agencies.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Johnson v. Runyon · Tyler v. Runyon
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.