Branham v. Heckler’s Empirical Analysis
775 F.2d 1271 · 1985
Citation profile
23 federal appellate · 2 district ·
How this case has been cited
Cited by 53 later decisions — most recently April 2017 · most notably Smith v. Bowen (1988), Hinkle v. Apfel (1997)
23 federal appellate · 2 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
Relies on Mitchell v. Schweiker · 551 F. Supp. 205 - Jones v. Schweiker · 556 F. Supp. 468 - Wright v. Schweiker · Kennedy 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 53 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[T]he significant limitation under section 12.05(C) need not be disabling in and of itself.”
4 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“additional and significant work-related limitation of function”
4 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Guzman v. Bowen · Pullen v. Bowen“If the plaintiff's physical impairment were required to be independently disabling, section 12.05(C) would be rendered meaningless. Therefore, something less than a preclusion from any substantial gainful employment must apply.”
3 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.