Johnson v. Finch’s Empirical Analysis
437 F.2d 1321 · 1971
Citation profile
10 federal appellate · 18 district ·
How this case has been cited
Cited by 35 later decisions — most recently October 1994 · most notably Hernandez v. Weinberger (1974), 409 F. Supp. 776 - Tyler v. Weinberger (1976)
10 federal appellate · 18 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
Relies on Gardner v. Bishop · Johnson v. Gardner
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 35 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““[A]n individual . . . shall be determined to be under a disability only if his physical or mental impairment or impairments are of such severity that he is not only unable to do his previous work but cannot, considering his age. education, and work experience, engage in any other kind of substantial gainful work which exists in the national economy, regardless of whether such work exists in the immediate area in which he lives, or whether a specific job vacancy exists for him, or whether he would be hired if he applied for work. For purposes of the proceeding sentence (with respect to any individual), ‘work which exists in the national economy’ means work which exists in significant numbers in the region where such individual lives or in several regions of the country.””
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority““Needless to say, the judges of this court do not sit as a super trial court empowered to make our own determination whether appellant is disabled within the meaning of the Act. That is true regardless of how we would have decided the issues had we constituted the fact finding tribunal. On the contrary, 42 U.S.C. § 405 (g) restricts judicial review stating: ‘The findings of the Secretary as to any fact, if supported by substantial evidence, shall be conclusive. . . . ’.””
3 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.