Kane v. Heckler’s Empirical Analysis
776 F.2d 1130 · 1985
Citation profile
20 federal appellate · 14 district ·
How this case has been cited
Cited by 65 later decisions — most recently November 2021 · most notably Mason v. Shalala (1993), McCartey v. Massanari (2002)
20 federal appellate · 14 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. § 423 (§ 223 of the Social Security Act of 1935)
Relies on Heckler v. Campbell · Federal Communications Commission v. League of Women Voters of California · Crowder v. Lash · Exxon Corporation v. Texas Motor Exchange of Houston Inc · Green 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 65 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“the passage of a few days or months before the attainment of a certain age should not preclude a favorable disability determination,”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“According to the regulatory description of the age factor, the important difference between those of advanced age and those closely approaching advanced age is that the age of persons in the former category “significantly affects a person’s ability to do substantial gainful activity,” while the age of those in the latter category merely “seriously a£fect[s their] ability to adjust to a significant number of jobs in the national economy.””
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“we will not apply these age categories mechanically in a borderline situation”
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.