Kane v. Heckler’s Empirical Analysis
731 F.2d 1216 · 1984
Citation profile
18 federal appellate · 4 district ·
How this case has been cited
Cited by 83 later decisions — most recently October 2018 · most notably Stephens v. Heckler (1985), Dixon v. Heckler (1987)
18 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 Richardson v. Perales · Central Intelligence Agency v. Holy Spirit Ass'n for the Unification of World Christianity · Gold v. Secretary of Health, Education & Welfare · Cowart v. Schweiker · Ferguson 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 83 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“scrupulously and conscientiously [to] probe into, inquire of, and explore for all the relevant facts.”
4 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“could and would have adduced evidence that might have altered the result.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Carey v. Apfel · Brock v. Chater“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 twelve months.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Buckley v. Heckler
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.