Perry v. Heckler’s Empirical Analysis
722 F.2d 461 · 1983
Citation profile
19 federal appellate · 1 district ·
How this case has been cited
Cited by 26 later decisions — most recently April 2012 · most notably Murray v. Heckler (1983), Jones v. Heckler (1985)
19 federal appellate · 1 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 28 U.S.C. § 1292 · 42 U.S.C. § 423 (§ 223 of the Social Security Act of 1935)
Relies on Heckler v. Campbell · Hall v. Secretary of Health, Education & Welfare · Patti v. Schweiker · Thompson v. Schweiker · Stone 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 26 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“Claimants are disabled if a medically determinable physical or mental impairment prevents them from engaging in substantial gainful activity.”
3 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.