Rivers v. Heckler’s Empirical Analysis
1984
Citation profile
1 district ·
Relationships
Applies 42 U.S.C. § 405 (§ 205 of the Social Security Act of 1935) · 42 U.S.C. § 425 (§ 225 of the Social Security Act of 1935)
Relies on Richardson v. Perales · Berry v. Schweiker · Beavers v. Secretary of Health, Education & Welfare · Echevarria v. Secretary of Health & Human Services · Schauer v. Schweiker
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 7 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“You must have a severe impairment. If you do not have any impairment(s) which significantly limits your physical or mental ability to do basic work activities, we will find that you do not have a severe impairment and are, therefore, not disabled. We will not consider your age, education, and work experience.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Romero v. Heckler“requires a good deal of walking or standing, or ... involves sitting most of the time with some pushing and pulling of arm or leg controls.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Talbot v. Heckler
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.