Paskel v. Heckler’s Empirical Analysis
768 F.2d 540 · 1985
Citation profile
21 federal appellate · 2 district · 2 state decisions
Relationships
Applies 42 U.S.C. § 1383 (§ 1631 of the Social Security Act of 1935) · 42 U.S.C. § 405 (§ 205 of the Social Security Act of 1935) · 42 U.S.C. § 425 (§ 225 of the Social Security Act of 1935)
Relies on Rubin v. United States · Commodity Futures Trading Commission v. Weintraub · Train v. Colorado Public Interest Research Group, Inc. · Odend'Hal v. · City of New York 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 33 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“extraordinarily heavy burden on the party who seeks to vary it by reference to legislative history.”
6 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“Rule and Statutory Interpretation in the”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“overemphasis on legislative guides may lead to a distorted view of the statutory purpose, 'for much less thought is spent on the future implications of committee reports and explanations on the floor than in choosing the words of a statute.'”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
How this case has been treated — in progress
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