Cook v. Heckler’s Empirical Analysis

783 F.2d 1168 · 1986

Citation profile

cited by 83 later decisions

states following

June 2023

most recently cited

31 federal appellate · 17 district · 1 state decisions

How this case has been cited

Cited by 83 later decisions — most recently June 2023 · most notably Clifton v. Chater (1996), Lichter v. Bowen (1987)

31 federal appellate · 17 district · 1 state decisions

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. § 402 (§ 202 of the Social Security Act of 1935) · 42 U.S.C. § 403 (§ 203 of the Social Security Act of 1935) · 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) · 5 U.S.C. § 557 (Administrative Procedure Act of 1946)

Relies on Richardson v. Perales · Hicks v. Gardner · Wokojance v. Weinberger · Sullivan v. Weinberger

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 83 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

“a duty to explore all relevant facts and inquire into the issues necessary for adequate development of the record, and cannot rely only on the evidence submitted by the claimant when that evidence is inadequate”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
e.g. Craven Chavis v. Donna E. Shalala, Secretary of Healthhand Human Services · William J. Toney v. Donna E. Shalala, Secretaryof Healthand Human Services
“ample evidence in the record to support a determination that the claimant's impairment meets or equals one of the listed impairments ....”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
e.g. Diane S. P. v. Berryhill · 597 F. Supp. 2d 626 - Ogden v. Astrue
“[a]dministrative determinations are required to be made in accordance with certain procedures which facilitate judicial review”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
e.g. Mullinax v. Secretary Department of Health and Human Services · Patterson v. Commissioner of Social Security Administration

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.