Smith v. Heckler’s Empirical Analysis
761 F.2d 516 · 1985
Citation profile
16 federal appellate · 1 district ·
How this case has been cited
Cited by 27 later decisions (1 by the Supreme Court) — most recently May 2019 · most notably Harper v. Bowen (1987), Smith v. Berryhill (2019)
16 federal appellate · 1 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 42 U.S.C. § 405 (§ 205 of the Social Security Act of 1935)
Relies on Mathews v. Eldridge · Goldberg v. Kelly · Califano v. Sanders · Weinberger v. Salfi · Bloodsworth 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 27 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“If claimant may avoid the timely exhaustion of remedies requirement, any claimant could belatedly appeal his claim at any time and always obtain district court review (quotations and citations omitted); see also Gayle v. United Parcel Serv., 401 F.3d 222, 226 (4th Cir.2005) (”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“any final decision of the Secretary made after a hearing.”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“Untimely requests will be heard by the Appeals Council only if it deems extending the filing deadline is warranted by 'good cause.' Thus, the Appeals Council's discretionary action in hearing an untimely request for review is as much a 'bonus opportunity' as is reopening.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Harper 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.