Taylor v. Weinberger’s Empirical Analysis
512 F.2d 664 · 1975
Citation profile
52 federal appellate · 26 district · 3 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 159 later decisions — most recently May 2014 · most notably Dobrowolsky v. Califano (1979), Bastien v. Califano (1978)
52 federal appellate · 26 district · 3 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 Hernandez v. Weinberger · Hicks v. Gardner · Leonard H. Garrett v. Elliot L. Richardson, Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare · Breeden v. Weinberger
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 159 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““[A]n 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 for which has lasted or can be expected to last for a continuous period of not less than twelve months;— “(2) For purposes of paragraph (1)(A)— “[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 preceding sentence (with respect to any individual), ‘work which exists in the national economy’ means work which exists in significant numbers ei ther in the region where such individual lives or in several regions of the country. “(3) For purposes of this subsection, a ‘physical or mental impairment’ is an impairment that results from an anatomical, physiological, or physiological abnormalities which are demonstrable by medically acceptable clinical and laboratory diagnostic techniques. “(5) An individual shall not be considered to be under a disability unless he furnishes such medical and other evidence of the existe”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“agreed that the Secretary may administratively notice the existence of such jobs in the economy, (but) facts pertaining to the capacity of a specific individual can be supplied only by particularized proof.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority““To allow the Secretary to ‘notice’ a fact that is both complex and disputed would undermine an explicit congressional direction to adjudicate disability claims on an individual case-by-case basis.””
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.