Johnson v. Califano’s Empirical Analysis
572 F.2d 186 · 1978
Citation profile
12 federal appellate · 2 district ·
How this case has been cited
Cited by 38 later decisions — most recently January 1995 · most notably Lewis v. Califano (1978), Jackson v. Schweiker (1983)
12 federal appellate · 2 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 Emil C. Timmerman v. Caspar Weinberger, Secretary of H.E.W., Kenneth Marks v. Caspar Weinberger, Secretary of H.E.W. · Marvin A. Yawitz v. Caspar W. Weinberger · Thompson v. Mathews
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 38 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““The claimant has the burden of showing an inability to perform her past occupation due to the medically determinable ailment. Once she has done so, the burden shifts to the Secretary to show that the claimant can perform some other type of substantial gainful employment.” Johnson v. Califano, 572 F.2d 186 (8th Cir. 1978), 77-1814 (March 15, 1978).”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“1. That there is a medically determinable physical or mental impairment that can be expected to continue for a period of not less than 12 months. 2. That there is an inability to engage in any substantial gainful employment; and 3. That the inability is by reason of the impairment.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Barnes v. Schweiker“(a) condition which was tolerable at one time can deteriorate to the point that it becomes intolerable.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Davis v. Califano
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.