Howard v. Heckler’s Empirical Analysis
782 F.2d 1484 · 1986
Citation profile
61 federal appellate · 21 district ·
How this case has been cited
Cited by 128 later decisions — most recently January 2019 · most notably 15161b v. Dar a Smolen, Bunnell v. Sullivan (1991)
61 federal appellate · 21 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. § 405 (§ 205 of the Social Security Act of 1935) · 42 U.S.C. § 423 (§ 223 of the Social Security Act of 1935)
Relies on Universal Camera Corp. v. National Labor Relations Board · Richardson v. Perales · Beavers v. Secretary of Health, Education & Welfare · Murray v. Heckler · Penasquitos Village, Inc. v. National Labor Relations Board
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 128 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“more than a mere scintilla. It means such relevant evidence, as a reasonable mind might accept as adequate to support a conclusion.”
7 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“'Congress clearly meant that so long as the pain is associated with a clinically demonstrated impairment, credible pain testimony should contribute to a determination of disability'”
6 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“according to the pain threshold and stamina of the individual victim.”
6 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.