Knipe v. Heckler’s Empirical Analysis
755 F.2d 141 · 1985
Citation profile
23 federal appellate · 45 district ·
How this case has been cited
Cited by 85 later decisions — most recently February 2017 · most notably Williams v. Bowen (1988), Frey v. Bowen (1987)
23 federal appellate · 45 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 28 U.S.C. § 2106 · 42 U.S.C. § 1382 (§ 1611 of the Social Security Act of 1935) · 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 · Heckler v. Campbell · Kent v. Schweiker · Broadbent v. Harris · Bowen 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 85 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“Evidence is not substantial if it is overwhelmed by other evidence ... or if it really constitutes not evidence but mere conclusion.'”
12 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“is not only unable to do his previous work, but cannot, considering his age, education, and work experience, engage in any other kind of substantial, gainful work which exists in the national economy.”
5 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“such relevant evidence as a reasonable mind might accept as adequate to support a conclusion.'”
5 later decisions quote this exact passage
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.