Johnson v. Heckler’s Empirical Analysis

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2 district ·

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 19 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “(1) hold new disability hearings for class members; (2) reinstate disability benefits under Title II and/or XVI of the Social Security Act pending hearing determination by the Social Security Administration (SSA) for class members whose benefits had been terminated as a result of the policies described above; and (3) grant retroactive benefits to class members who, after a new hearing, are found to be disabled.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Johnson v. Heckler

2. “An individual shall be considered to be disabled for purposes of this subchapter if he is unable 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 twelve months.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Moody v. Heckler

3. “The burden then shifts to the Secretary to show that claimant remains capable of performing other work in view of the vocational factors of age, education, and work experience: “[ojnce an impairment of sufficient severity is demonstrated ... which precludes the type of work previously engaged in the burden of going forward shifts to the Secretary.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Blackburn v. Heckler