Gant v. Sullivan’s Empirical Analysis
1991
Citation profile
1 federal appellate ·
Relationships
Applies 28 U.S.C. § 636 · 42 U.S.C. § 405 (§ 205 of the Social Security Act of 1935)
Relies on Richardson v. Perales · Mathews v. Weber · Nettles v. Wainwright · Bloodsworth v. Heckler · MaCgregor v. Bowen
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 3 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“claimant is not required to affirmatively prove that he was mentally retarded prior to reaching the age of twenty two [so long as] there was no evidence that claimant's IQ had changed”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“initially manifested during the developmental period (before age 22),”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
How this case has been treated — in progress
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