Johnson v. Weinberger’s Empirical Analysis
525 F.2d 403 · 1975
Citation profile
10 federal appellate ·
How this case has been cited
Cited by 39 later decisions — most recently March 1994 · most notably Whitney v. Schweiker (1982), Steward v. Bowen (1988)
10 federal appellate ·
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. § 402 (§ 202 of the Social Security Act of 1935) · 42 U.S.C. § 405 (§ 205 of the Social Security Act of 1935) · 42 U.S.C. § 416 (§ 216 of the Social Security Act of 1935) · 42 U.S.C. § 423 (§ 223 of the Social Security Act of 1935)
Relies on Stark v. Weinberger · Jeralds v. Richardson · Spiniello v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue · Degner 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 39 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“(1) clinical findings of treating and examining physicians on the existence of medically determinable physical or mental impairment; (2) opinions of treating or examining physicians on subsidiary questions of fact relating to the severity of the medically determinable impairment; (3) testimony of the claimant, corroborated by his family and neighbors concerning the effect of the medically determinable impairment; (4) evidence of the claimant’s educational background, work history and present age.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage“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 passagee.g. Whitney v. Schweiker“is an impairment that results from anatomical, physiological, or psychological abnormalities which are demonstrable by medically acceptable clinical and laboratory diagnostic techniques.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Whitney v. Schweiker
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.