Hummel v. Heckler’s Empirical Analysis
736 F.2d 91 · 1984
Citation profile
4 federal appellate · 7 district · 4 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 42 later decisions — most recently March 2015 · most notably Ventura v. Shalala (1995), George L. Barry v. Otis R. Bowen (1987)
4 federal appellate · 7 district · 4 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 Gibson v. Berryhill · Bloom v. Illinois · Mayberry v. Pennsylvania · Johnson v. Mississippi · James Hess, Jr. v. Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare, United States of America
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 42 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“the bias of the adjudicator might still be a ground for setting aside a determination adverse to the claimant, for we have repeatedly held that in Social Security disability claim hearings the administrative law judge has an affirmative obligation to assist the claimant in developing the facts.”
4 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“additional evidence to be taken before the Secretary.”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“At least in cases such as this, where information relating to a contention bearing on the fundamental fairness of the agency hearing is in the possession of the government, discovery is available to the Section 405(g) plaintiff. Id. at 95 (emphasis added). See also Grant v. Shalala, 989 F.2d 1332, 1344 (3d Cir.1993).”
2 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.