Taylor v. Heckler’s Empirical Analysis
778 F.2d 674 · 1985
Citation profile
22 federal appellate · 2 district ·
How this case has been cited
Cited by 54 later decisions (1 by the Supreme Court) — most recently January 2025 · most notably Sullivan v. Hudson (1989), Welter v. Sullivan (1991)
22 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
Applies 28 U.S.C. § 1291 · 28 U.S.C. § 2412 · 42 U.S.C. § 405 (§ 205 of the Social Security Act of 1935)
Relies on Catlin v. United States · Mabry v. Johnson · Cornella v. Schweiker · McGill v. Secretary of Health & Human Services · Guthrie 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 54 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“(d)(1)(A) Except as otherwise specifically provided by statute, a court shall award to a prevailing party other than the United States fees and other expenses , in addition to any costs awarded pursuant to subsection (a), incurred by that party in any civil action (other than cases sounding in tort), including proceedings for judicial review of agency action, brought by or against the United States in any court having jurisdiction of that action, unless the court finds that the position of the United States was substantially justified or that special circumstances make an award unjust . (B) A party seeking an award of fees and other expenses shall, within thirty days of final judgment in the action , submit to the court an application for fees and other expenses ....”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“[A] claimant who has obtained a remand order from the district court cannot apply for a fee under the Act until the administrative process has come to an end and the district court has entered a final judgment.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“First, the claimant must file an application for fees 'within thirty days of final judgment in the action.'”
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.