Hall v. Harris’s Empirical Analysis
658 F.2d 260 · 1981
Citation profile
53 federal appellate · 9 district · 3 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 138 later decisions — most recently February 2019 · most notably McCoy v. Schweiker (1982), Vazquez v. Secretary of Health and Human Services (1982)
53 federal appellate · 9 district · 3 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 Blalock v. Richardson · Taylor v. Weinberger · Decker v. Harris · McLamore v. Weinberger
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 138 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“inability 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 12 months.”
7 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“(1) whether the claimant is currently engaged in substantial gainful activity; (2) if not, whether he has a severe impairment; (3) if so, whether that impairment meets or equals the medical criteria of Appendix 1 to Subpart P of the Administrative Regulations No. 4, which warrants a finding of disability without considering vocational factors; and (4) if not, whether the impairment prevents him from performing past relevant work. (5) By satisfying either step 3 or 4, the claimant establishes a prima facie case of disability.”
5 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“both his remaining physical and mental capacities ... and his vocational capabilities (age, education, and past work experience) to adjust to a new job.”
2 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.