Bohn v. Heckler’s Empirical Analysis
1985
Citation profile
2 federal appellate · 3 district · 1 state decisions
Relationships
Applies 28 U.S.C. § 2412 · 42 U.S.C. § 1988 · 42 U.S.C. § 405 (§ 205 of the Social Security Act of 1935) · 42 U.S.C. § 406 (§ 206 of the Social Security Act of 1935) · 42 U.S.C. § 423 (§ 223 of the Social Security Act of 1935)
Relies on Hensley v. Eckerhart · Bradley v. School Board of City of Richmond · Hanrahan v. Hampton · Heckler v. Campbell · Larry Nadeau v. Raymond A. Helgemoe, Warden, New Hampshire State Prison
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 15 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[A] court shall award to a prevailing party other than the United States fees and other expenses, ... incurred by that party in any civil action (other than cases sounding in tort) brought by or against the United States in any court having jurisdiction of that action, unless the court finds that the position of the United States was substantially justified or that special circumstances make an award unjust.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“The explosion of disability litigation in recent years, the high rate at which the federal courts have overturned the Secretary’s determinations, and the institutional struggle between the federal courts and the Secretary over the issue of “noncompliance” reflect the useful disciplinary function of legal challenges to the Secretary’s decisions and procedures by often impoverished, ill and politically unorganized disability claimants.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Whiting v. Bowen
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.