Albrecht v. Heckler’s Empirical Analysis
765 F.2d 914 · 1985
Citation profile
25 federal appellate · 3 district ·
Relationships
Applies 28 U.S.C. § 1291 · 28 U.S.C. § 2412
Relies on Murray v. Heckler · Rawlings v. Heckler · Allen v. Heckler · Foster v. Tourtellotte · Hoang Ha v. Schweiker
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 48 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“the ALJ is reversed for a failure to weigh conflicting medical evidence properly, an award of fees is inappropriate”
6 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“[t]he ALJ was not reversed for improper balancing, but because there was no evidence contradicting the medical experts' unanimous finding of disability”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“[T]he existence of some evidence supporting the [Commissioner's] position precludes a finding that the [Commissioner's] position was substantially unjustified.”
2 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.