Soper v. Heckler’s Empirical Analysis
754 F.2d 222 · 1985
Citation profile
6 federal appellate ·
Relationships
Applies 42 U.S.C. § 401 (§ 201 of the Social Security Act of 1935) · 42 U.S.C. § 423 (§ 223 of the Social Security Act of 1935)
Relies on Heckler v. Day · Patti v. Schweiker · Cassiday v. Schweiker · Haynes v. Secretary of Health & Human Services · Switzer 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 13 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“repayment may be waived if the appeal was taken in good faith”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the dissente.g. Shoemaker 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.