Davis v. Heckler’s Empirical Analysis
759 F.2d 432 · 1985
Citation profile
18 federal appellate ·
How this case has been cited
Cited by 38 later decisions — most recently September 2015 · most notably Johnson v. Bowen (1988), Lovelace v. Bowen (1987)
18 federal appellate ·
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 42 U.S.C. § 1381 (§ 1601 of the Social Security Act of 1935) · 42 U.S.C. § 1382C (§ 1614 of the Social Security Act of 1935) · 42 U.S.C. § 405 (§ 205 of the Social Security Act of 1935)
Relies on Polaski v. Heckler · Brady v. Heckler · Stone v. Heckler · Epps v. Harris · Cook 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 38 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“'[A]n impairment can be considered as not severe only if it is a slight abnormality which has such minimal effect on the individual that it would not be expected to interfere with the individual's ability to work, irrespective of age, education or work experience.'”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“whether objective medical impairments could reasonably be expected to produce the pain complained of.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Caulder v. Bowen · Smith v. Bowen“slight neurosis, slight impairment of sight or hearing, or other slight abnormality or combination of abnormalities.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Lovelace 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.