Halvorsen v. Heckler’s Empirical Analysis
743 F.2d 1221 · 1984
Citation profile
20 federal appellate · 3 district · 1 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 70 later decisions — most recently December 2019 · most notably Walker v. Bowen (1987), Stephens v. Heckler (1985)
20 federal appellate · 3 district · 1 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 28 U.S.C. § 636 · 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 Universal Camera Corp. v. National Labor Relations Board · Richardson v. Perales · DePaepe v. Richardson · Garfield v. Schweiker · Whitney 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 70 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“The following steps are addressed in order: (1) Is the claimant presently unemployed? (2) Is the claimant’s impairment “severe”? (3) Does the impairment meet or exceed one of a list of specific impairments? (4) Is the claimant unable to perform his or her former occupation? (5) Is the claimant unable to perform any other work within the economy? An affirmative answer leads either to the next step or, on steps 3 and 5, to a finding that the claimant is disabled. A negative answer at any point, other than step 3, stops the inquiry and leads to a determination that the claimant is not disabled.”
12 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“picture” in the context of all the evidence to evaluate Ostrowski as a whole person. 7 . In view of these concerns, it might be appropriate (although we leave the decision to the Secretary) to have another consultative exam, which focusses not only on Ostrowski’s condition on the day of the visit, but also on his history of recidivism and how that bears on his ability to engage in substantial gainful activity. A claimant who can hold down a job for a short period does not necessarily engage in”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“to engage in any substantial gainful activity by reason of any medically determinable physical or mental impairment which can be expected to result in death or which has lasted or can be expected to last for a continuous period of not less than 12 months.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
How this case has been treated — in progress
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