Robert L. Alexander v. Elliot L. Richardson, Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare’s Empirical Analysis
451 F.2d 1185 · 1972
Citation profile
6 federal appellate · 5 district · 2 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 26 later decisions (1 by the Supreme Court) — most recently March 2002 · most notably Barnhart Commissioner of Social Security v. Walton (2002), Titus v. Sullivan (1993)
6 federal appellate · 5 district · 2 state decisions
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
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 Udall v. Tallman · United States v. American Trucking Associations · Norwegian Nitrogen Products Co. v. United States · California Department of Human Resources Development v. Java · Dvorak 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 26 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“(d)(1) The term “disability” means— (A) 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; ....”
5 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“(a) Elimination of the long-continued and indefinite duration requirement from the definition of disability Under present law, disability insurance benefits are payable only if the worker’s disability is expected to result in death or to be of long-continued and indefinite duration. The House bill would broaden the disability protection afforded by the social security program by providing disability insurance benefits for an insured worker who has been totally disabled throughout a continuous period of 6 calendar months. The committee believes that the House provision could result in the payment of disability benefits in cases of short-term, temporary disability. Under the House provision, for example, benefits could be paid for several months in cases of temporary disability resulting from accidents or illnesses requiring a limited period of immobility. The committee believes, therefore, that it is necessary to require that a worker be under a disability for a somewhat longer period than 6 months in order to qualify for disability benefits. As a result, the committee’s bill modifies the House bill to provide for the payment of disability benefits for an insured worker who has been or can be expected to be totally disabled throughout a continuous period of 12 calendar months. (Disability insurance benefits would also be payable if disability ends in death during this 12-month period, provided the worker has been disabled throughout a waiting period of 6 calendar months prior ”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“2) the Secretary has shifted the burden of proof at the fifth step of the sequential analysis, and 3) the Secretary has failed to follow his own regulations by adopting a policy in mental illness cases that requires a showing of continuous inability to engage in substantial gainful activity for a period of twelve months. 16 We find no merit to any of these claims. While it is true that the Secretary informs unsuccessful claimants that they must show inability to do”
2 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.