Allen v. Heckler’s Empirical Analysis
749 F.2d 577 · 1984
Citation profile
63 federal appellate · 7 district ·
How this case has been cited
Cited by 153 later decisions — most recently July 2017 · most notably Magallanes v. Bowen (1989), Andrews v. Shalala (1995)
63 federal appellate · 7 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. § 405 (§ 205 of the Social Security Act of 1935) · 42 U.S.C. § 423 (§ 223 of the Social Security Act of 1935)
Relies on Richardson v. Perales · Consolidated Edison Co of New York v. National Labor Relations Board · Mongeur v. Heckler · Murray v. Heckler · Sample 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 153 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“burdensome procedural requirements that facilitate ... second-guessing [the ALJ's resolution of conflicting medical testimony].”
6 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“Where medical testimony is conflicting, however, it is the ALJ's role to determine credibility and to resolve the conflict. If the evidence admits of more than one rational interpretation, we must uphold the decision of the ALJ.”
5 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“findings setting forth specific, legitimate reasons for doing so that are based on substantial evidence in the record.”
5 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.