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← 644 FSUPP 74 - Heisel v. Heckler

Heisel v. Heckler’s Empirical Analysis

1986

Citation profile

2
cited by 2 later decisions
February 1989
most recently cited

2 federal appellate ·

Relationships

Applies 28 U.S.C. § 2412 · 42 U.S.C. § 406 (§ 206 of the Social Security Act of 1935)

Relies on Guthrie v. Schweiker · Berman v. Schweiker · Bookman v. United States · Bookman v. United States · Clifton v. Heckler

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

  1. “can also seek an award for their fees under Sec. 406....”
    1 later decision quote this exact passage
  2. “only for services performed in a court of law”
    1 later decision quote this exact passage

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.