Krumpelman v. Heckler’s Empirical Analysis
767 F.2d 586 · 1985
Citation profile
16 federal appellate · 3 district · 2 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 47 later decisions — most recently January 2017 · most notably 15229b v. Dar Lester, Gonzalez v. Sullivan (1990)
16 federal appellate · 3 district · 2 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 Califano v. Sanders · Sylvester TIPLER, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. E. I. duPONT deNEMOURS AND CO., Inc., Defendant-Appellant · McGowen v. Harris · Thompson v. Schweiker · Taylor 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 47 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“'[t]he Secretary's decision not to re-open a previously adjudicated claim for social security benefits' is a purely discretionary one and is therefore not considered a 'final' decision within the meaning of Sec. 405(g).”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“inability to engage in any substantial gainful activity by reason of any medically determinable physical or mental impairment which can be expected to ... last for a continuous period of not less than twelve months.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Jolivette v. Shalala“discussion of the merits is followed by a specific conclusion that the claim is denied on res judicata grounds, the decision should not be interpreted as reopening the claim and is therefore not reviewable.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Stahl v. R 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.