Miller v. Heckler’s Empirical Analysis
770 F.2d 845 · 1985
Citation profile
88 federal appellate ·
How this case has been cited
Cited by 151 later decisions — most recently March 2018 · most notably Magallanes v. Bowen (1989), 15229b v. Dar Lester
88 federal appellate ·
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 · Consolidated Edison Co of New York v. National Labor Relations Board · Murray v. Heckler · Taylor v. Heckler · Allen 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 151 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“such relevant evidence as a reasonable mind might accept as adequate to support a conclusion.”
11 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“mak[ing] findings setting forth specific, legitimate reasons for doing so that are based on substantial evidence in the record.”
7 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“create[s] a presumption that [the claimant] continued to be able to work after that date.”
5 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Billy Wills v. Shirley S. Chater, Secretary, Commissioner of the Social Security Administration · 49 soc.sec.rep.ser. 442, unempl.ins.rep. (Cch) P 14852b, 95 Cal. Daily Op. Serv. 8532, 95 Daily Journal D.A.R. 14,753, 95 Daily Journal D.A.R. 15,699 James Lester v. Shirley S. Chater, Commissioner of the Social Security Administration
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.