Scott v. Heckler’s Empirical Analysis
770 F.2d 482 · 1985
Citation profile
20 federal appellate · 4 district ·
How this case has been cited
Cited by 96 later decisions — most recently January 2018 · most notably Clifford v. Apfel (2000), Greenspan v. Shalala (1994)
20 federal appellate · 4 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)
Relies on Richardson v. Perales · Cohens v. Virginia · Cohens v. Virginia · Whitney v. Schweiker · Ferguson 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 96 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[O]rdinarily, the opinions, diagnoses, and medical evidence of a treating physician who is familiar with the claimant's injuries, treatments, and responses should be accorded considerable weight in determining disability.”
4 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Moore v. Sullivan · Loza v. Apfel“In sum, the ALJ is entitled to determine the credibility of medical experts as well as lay witnesses and weigh their opinions accordingly.”
3 later decisions 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 result in death or which has lasted or can be expected to last for a continuous period of not less than 12 months.”
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.