Hicks v. Califano’s Empirical Analysis
600 F.2d 1048 · 1979
Citation profile
39 federal appellate · 10 district · 1 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 83 later decisions — most recently August 2017 · most notably Williams v. Bowen (1988), Parker v. Harris (1980)
39 federal appellate · 10 district · 1 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
Relies on Bradley v. School Board of City of Richmond · Adams v. Weinberger · Martin v. Secretary of Department of Health, Education & Welfare · Swaim v. Califano
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 83 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“Nothing in the Social Security Act permits rejection of a disability claim simply because the claimant has not experienced significant end organ damage. [citation omitted] Where there is evidence of alcohol abuse, the Secretary must inquire whether the claimant is addicted to alcohol and, as a consequence, has lost the ability to control its use.”
6 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority““The new regulations, 20 C.F.R. §§ 404 .-1502 to 1513 and Subpart P, Appendix 2 (1979), were adopted ‘to consolidate and elaborate upon long standing medical-vocational evaluation policies for adjudicating disability claims in which an individual’s age, education and work experience must be considered in addition to the medical condition.’ 43 Fed.Reg. 55,349 (1978). The regulations define each factor to be considered in determining whether disability exists. 20 C.F.R. §§ 404.1505 to 1511. More importantly, they direct a finding of disability or no disability where the findings of fact in a particular case coincide with criteria established in the rules and tables of Sub-part P, Appendix 2, 20 C.F.R. § 404.1513 .””
4 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.