Hyatt v. Heckler’s Empirical Analysis
757 F.2d 1455 · 1985
Citation profile
19 federal appellate · 2 district ·
How this case has been cited
Cited by 43 later decisions — most recently August 2002 · most notably Schisler v. Heckler (1986), Hyatt v. Heckler (1986)
19 federal appellate · 2 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. § 1361 · 42 U.S.C. § 405 (§ 205 of the Social Security Act of 1935)
Relies on Mathews v. Eldridge · Bradley v. School Board of City of Richmond · Massachusetts v. Mellon · Califano v. Yamasaki · Heckler v. Ringer
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 43 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“The effective date provision does, however, permit all class members of certified class actions to seek review of their cases under the medical improvement standard established by this act, even where they may not have pursued their appeal rights in accordance with section [405(g)] and the Secretary’s regulations.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Schisler v. Heckler
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.