Reeves v. Heckler’s Empirical Analysis
734 F.2d 519 · 1984
Citation profile
33 federal appellate · 1 district ·
How this case has been cited
Cited by 134 later decisions — most recently November 2021 · most notably Walker v. Bowen (1987), Tucker v. Heckler (1985)
33 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 42 U.S.C. § 423 (§ 223 of the Social Security Act of 1935)
Relies on Texas Department of Community Affairs v. Burdine · Local 408, International Brotherhood of Teamsters v. National Labor Relations Board · Kirk v. Secretary of Health & Human Services · Wiggins 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 134 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[i]t is reversible error for an ALJ not to order a consultative examination when such an evaluation is necessary for him to make an informed decision.”
5 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“'the claimant's ability to adapt to a new work environment is less than the level established under the grids for persons his age.'”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“[c]ombined, the claimant's impairments can be expected to limit him to at least a wide range of sedentary work activities.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Reeves 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.