Valencia v. Heckler’s Empirical Analysis
751 F.2d 1082 · 1985
Citation profile
14 federal appellate · 6 district ·
How this case has been cited
Cited by 41 later decisions (1 by the Supreme Court) — most recently May 2017 · most notably Bowen v. Yuckert (1987), Carmickle v. Commissioner, Social Security Administration (2008)
14 federal appellate · 6 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.
Appellate journey
Relationships
Applies 42 U.S.C. § 423 (§ 223 of the Social Security Act of 1935)
Relies on Heckler v. Campbell · Murray v. Heckler · Sample v. Schweiker · Hall v. Secretary of Health, Education & Welfare · Allen v. Heckler
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 41 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[ejvery occupation consists of a myriad of tasks, each involving different degrees of physical exertion. To classify an applicant’s “past relevant work” according to the least demanding function of the claimant’s past occupations is contrary to the letter and spirit of the Social Security Act.”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“Light work involves lifting no more than 20 pounds at a time with frequent lifting or carrying of objects weighing up to 10 pounds. Even though the weight lifted may be very little, a job is in this category when it requires a good deal of walking or standing, or when it involves sitting most of the time with some pushing and pulling of arm or leg controls. To be considered capable of performing a full or wide range of light work, you must have the ability to do substantially all of these activities. If someone can do light work, we determine that he or she can also do sedentary work, unless there are additional limiting factors such as loss of fine dexterity or inability to sit for long periods of time.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Rodriguez v. Bowen“First, it must be determined whether the applicant can perform his “previous work.” If not, the Secretary must then determine whether the claimant can engage in other, less demanding, work which exists in the national economy.”
1 later decision 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.