Jones v. Heckler’s Empirical Analysis
760 F.2d 993 · 1985
Citation profile
56 federal appellate · 12 district · 1 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 141 later decisions — most recently June 2018 · most notably 15161b v. Dar a Smolen, Tackett v. Apfel (1999)
56 federal appellate · 12 district · 1 state decisions
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. § 1382C (§ 1614 of the Social Security Act of 1935) · 42 U.S.C. § 405 (§ 205 of the Social Security Act of 1935)
Relies on Richardson v. Perales · Local 408, International Brotherhood of Teamsters v. National Labor Relations Board · Heckler v. Campbell · Chevron U.S.A. Inc. v. Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc. · Kirk v. Secretary of Health & Human Services
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 141 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“such relevant evidence as a reasonable mind might accept as adequate to support a conclusion.”
10 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“may not affirm simply by isolating a specific quantum of supporting evidence.”
6 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“[T]he ALJ may apply the Secretary's medical-vocational guidelines (the grids) in lieu of taking the testimony of a vocational expert only when the grids accurately and completely describe the claimant's abilities and limitations.”
4 later decisions 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.