Baeder v. Heckler’s Empirical Analysis
768 F.2d 547 · 1985
Citation profile
41 federal appellate · 17 district ·
How this case has been cited
Cited by 73 later decisions (1 by the Supreme Court) — most recently January 2019 · most notably Bowen v. Yuckert (1987), Salmi v. Secretary of Health & Human Services (1985)
41 federal appellate · 17 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) · 42 U.S.C. § 423 (§ 223 of the Social Security Act of 1935)
Relies on Citizens to Preserve Overton Park, Inc. v. Volpe · Valley Forge Christian College v. Americans United for Separation of Church and State, Inc. · Heckler v. Campbell · Schweiker v. Gray Panthers · Brady 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 73 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“(1) The term ‘disability’ means— (A) inability to engage in any substantial gainful activity by reason of any medically determinable physical or mental impairment which can be expected to result in death or which has lasted or can be expected to last for a continuous period of not less than 12 months____”
6 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“(c) You must have a severe impairment. If you do not have any impairment or combination of impairments which significantly limits your physical or mental ability to do basic work activities, we will find that you do not have a severe impairment and are, therefore, not disabled. We will not consider your age, education, and work experience. However, it is possible for you to have a period of disability for a time in the past even though you do not have a severe impairment.”
5 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“'to those applicants with impairments ... which could never prevent a person from working.'”
5 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Bowen v. Yuckert · Corchado v. SSA
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.