Boyd v. Heckler’s Empirical Analysis
704 F.2d 1207 · 1983
Citation profile
26 federal appellate · 4 district ·
How this case has been cited
Cited by 115 later decisions — most recently October 2024 · most notably Hale v. Bowen (1987), Martin v. Sullivan (1990)
26 federal appellate · 4 district ·
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
Applies 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 Bonner v. City of Prichard · Alexander v. Gardner-Denver Co. · Wiggins v. Schweiker · Stark v. Weinberger · Walden 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 115 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.”
4 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“1. objective medical facts and clinical findings; 2. the diagnoses of examining physicians; 3. subjective statements made by the claimant and by corroborating witnesses; 4. the claimant’s age, education and work history.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“A determination that is supported by substantial evidence may be meaningless ... if it is coupled with or derived from faulty legal principles.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Graham v. Bowen · Chester 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.