Pratt v. Heckler’s Empirical Analysis
1986
Citation profile
5 district ·
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Applies 42 U.S.C. § 1382C (§ 1614 of the Social Security Act of 1935) · 42 U.S.C. § 405 (§ 205 of the Social Security Act of 1935) · 42 U.S.C. § 423 (§ 223 of the Social Security Act of 1935)
Relies on Mathews v. Eldridge · Califano v. Yamasaki · Goodermote v. Secretary of Health & Human Services · Kent v. Schweiker · Dumas 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 6 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“Plaintiff[s] ... [do] not request an adjudication of individual class members’ entitlement to benefits. Rather [they] seek[ ] only a determination of the validity of certain administrative regulations and policies which themselves determine eligibility when applied to specific cases.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“The jurisdictional impediments to reviews of benefit denials, however, are inapplicable in the context of this proceeding. The Secretary misapprehends the nature of the class relief sought, which will not result in the payment of benefits to all or any class members, but only in a change in the Secretary’s policies and procedures by which claims for them will henceforth be considered.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“impairments” were not considered by the Secretary to be “severe”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
How this case has been treated — in progress
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