Brady v. Heckler’s Empirical Analysis
724 F.2d 914 · 1984
Citation profile
58 federal appellate · 9 district · 1 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 162 later decisions (1 by the Supreme Court) — most recently June 2020 · most notably Bowen v. Yuckert (1987), Salmi v. Secretary of Health & Human Services (1985)
58 federal appellate · 9 district · 1 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
Applies 42 U.S.C. § 405 (§ 205 of the Social Security Act of 1935)
Relies on Bradley v. School Board of City of Richmond · Chico v. Schweiker · Fortenberry v. Harris · Rodriguez 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 162 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“slight abnormality which has such a minimal effect on the individual that it would not be expected to interfere with the individual's ability to work, irrespective of age, education and work experience.”
35 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“a slight neurosis, slight impairment of sight or hearing, or other slight abnormality or a combination of slight abnormalities.”
7 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“the abilities and aptitudes necessary to do most jobs.”
6 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.