Dennis v. Heckler’s Empirical Analysis
756 F.2d 971 · 1985
Citation profile
10 federal appellate · 1 district ·
Relationships
Applies 28 U.S.C. § 2412 · 42 U.S.C. § 405 (§ 205 of the Social Security Act of 1935)
Relies on Brown v. Secretary of Health and Human Services of United States · Kuzmin v. Schweiker · Washington v. Heckler · Wallace v. Secretary of Health & Human Services · Livingston v. Califano
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 22 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“became a prevailing party against the United States within the meaning of the [EAJA] when, after the district court reversed an adverse décision of the Secretary of Health and Human Services and remanded for further consideration, the Social Security Administration Appeals Council ordered an award of benefits.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“against the United States within the meaning of the Equal Access to Justice Act (”
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.