42 U.S.C. § 1303
Section 1303 · Separability
This is § 1103 of the Social Security Act of 1935
Amended 1 time on record
Applied in 14 court decisions — leading case Helvering v. Davis (1937)
Most recently applied in National Federation of Independent Business v. Sebelius (June 2012)
How often courts cite this section
Court decisions citing this, by year.Markers show enactment, consequential amendments, and circuit splits over this section — watch for a citation surge after a change or a disagreement. The dip in the last several years is a data-coverage gap, not a real trend — our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so recent citations are undercounted.
If any provision of this chapter, or the application thereof to any person or circumstance, is held invalid, the remainder of the chapter, and the application of such provision to other persons or circumstances shall not be affected thereby.
Editorial notes U.S. Code · Office of the Law Revision Counsel
Separability
Pub. L. 98–460, §18, Oct. 9, 1984, 98 Stat. 1813, provided that: “If any provision of this Act [amending sections 405, 408, 416, 421 to 423, 1382c, 1382d, 1382h, and 1383 to 1383b of this title, enacting provisions set out as notes under sections 405, 421 to 423, 907, and 1305 of this title, and amending provisions set out as a note under section 1382h of this title], or the application thereof to any person or circumstance, is held invalid, the remainder of this Act and the application of such provision to other persons or circumstances shall not be affected thereby.”