Arnold v. Heckler’s Empirical Analysis
732 F.2d 881 · 1984
Citation profile
8 federal appellate ·
How this case has been cited
Cited by 44 later decisions — most recently February 2009 · most notably Walker v. Bowen (1987), Bowen v. Heckler (1984)
8 federal appellate ·
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. § 416 (§ 216 of the Social Security Act of 1935) · 42 U.S.C. § 423 (§ 223 of the Social Security Act of 1935)
Relies on DePaepe v. Richardson · Williams v. Finch · Simmons v. Harris · Allen v. Schweiker · Goodley v. Harris
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 44 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“engage in any substantial gainful activity by reason of any medically determinable physical or mental impairment....”
2 later decisions quote this exact passagee.g. Gibson v. Heckler · Walker 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.