Lopez v. Heckler’s Empirical Analysis
753 F.2d 1464 · 1985
Citation profile
10
cited by 10 later decisions
January 1996
most recently cited
5 federal appellate ·
Relationships
Relies on Heckler v. Lopez a-145 · Lopez v. Heckler · Heckler v. Lopez a-145 · Lopez 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 10 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“resolve the existing controversy over the medical improvement issue in the courts”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
How this case has been treated — in progress
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