Smith v. Heckler’s Empirical Analysis
739 F.2d 144 · 1984
Citation profile
9 federal appellate · 2 district ·
How this case has been cited
Cited by 27 later decisions — most recently March 2012 · most notably Watford v. Heckler (1985), Pullen v. Bowen (1987)
9 federal appellate · 2 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 28 U.S.C. § 2412 · 42 U.S.C. § 1381 (§ 1601 of the Social Security Act of 1935) · 42 U.S.C. § 1382C (§ 1614 of the Social Security Act of 1935)
Relies on Spencer v. National Labor Relations Board · Guthrie v. Schweiker · Tyler Business Services, Inc. v. National Labor Relations Board · Dougherty v. Lehman · Goldhaber v. Foley
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 27 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“unless the court finds that the position of the United States was substantially justified or that special circumstances make an award unjust.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Anderson v. Heckler“had a reasonable basis both in law and fact.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Anderson 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.