Fife v. Heckler’s Empirical Analysis
767 F.2d 1427 · 1985
Citation profile
20 federal appellate · 5 district · 1 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 38 later decisions — most recently May 2010 · most notably Andrews v. Shalala (1995), Sprague v. Bowen (1987)
20 federal appellate · 5 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. § 405 (§ 205 of the Social Security Act of 1935) · 42 U.S.C. § 423 (§ 223 of the Social Security Act of 1935)
Relies on Heckler v. Campbell · Gallant v. Heckler · Murray v. Heckler · Jones v. Heckler · Kail 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.
““If the [Secretary] wishes to disregard the opinion of the treating physician, [the Secretary] must make findings setting forth specific legitimate reasons for doing so that are based on substantial evidence in the record, even where the treating physician’s opinion is controverted by the Secretary’s consultant.””
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“In determining whether a disabled claimant can do substantial gainful work, the ALJ may apply the Secretary's medical-vocational guidelines (the grids) in lieu of taking the testimony of a vocational expert, provided the grids accurately describe the claimant's abilities and limitations.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“[O]nce the claimant demonstrates inability to return to past work because of medical disability, the burden shifts to the Secretary to show the claimant can perform substantial gainful work.”
1 later decision 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.