Poore v. Mathews’s Empirical Analysis
1976
Citation profile
3 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 Johnson v. Railway Express Agency, Inc. · Celebrezze v. Bolas · Brinker v. Weinberger · Emil C. Timmerman v. Caspar Weinberger, Secretary of H.E.W., Kenneth Marks v. Caspar Weinberger, Secretary of H.E.W. · Marvin A. Yawitz v. Caspar W. Weinberger
Most-quoted passages
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“Disability is defined by 42 U.S.C. § 423 (d)(1)(A) as the “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 . to last for a continuous period of not less than 12 months.” An individual is disabled only if his impairments prevent his performing not only his previous work, but considering his age, education and experience, preclude “any other kind of substantial gainful work which exists in the national economy . . . .””
2 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.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
How this case has been treated — in progress
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