Johnson v. Heckler’s Empirical Analysis
741 F.2d 948 · 1984
Citation profile
9 federal appellate ·
How this case has been cited
Cited by 21 later decisions — most recently December 2008
9 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)
Relies on Richardson v. Perales · Allen v. Weinberger · Cummins v. Schweiker · McNeil v. Califano · Cassiday 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 21 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“One-plus edema means edema that is barely detectable, and 4+ edema means edema in which the limbs are swollen to diameters 1.5 to 2 times normal.” A. Guyton, Textbook of Medical Physiology 376 (6th ed. 1981). . Substantial evidence means " ‘more than a mere scintilla. It means such relevant evidence as a reasonable mind might accept as adequate to support a conclusion.'”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“findings of the Secretary... if supported by substantial evidence, shall be conclusive, and where a claim has been denied by the Secretary... the court shall review only the question of conformity with [the Secretary's] regulations and the validity of such regulations.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“Once the magistrate concluded that substantial evidence did not support the Secretary’s finding that Johnson could return to her past relevant work his scope of review terminated. By proceeding further and determining that Johnson had transferable skills, a determination which the Secretary has found difficult to make, the magistrate usurped a function of the Secretary which was critical to the outcome of Johnson’s claim.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Pearson 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.