Mullen v. Gardner’s Empirical Analysis
1966
Citation profile
6 federal appellate · 1 district ·
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 Kerner v. Flemming · Ber v. Celebrezze · Miracle v. Celebrezze · Page v. Celebrezze · Ratliff v. Celebrezze
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 19 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“The mere fact that he is mobile and able to engage in some light tasks at his home does not alone establish that he is able to engage in substantial gainful activity.”
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.