Fulton v. Heckler’s Empirical Analysis
784 F.2d 348 · 1986
Citation profile
19 federal appellate · 6 district ·
How this case has been cited
Cited by 33 later decisions — most recently September 2006 · most notably Weakley v. Bowen (1986), Gilbert v. Shalala (1995)
19 federal appellate · 6 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. § 2412
Relies on United States v. Boxes of Boned Beef Weighing Approximately Pounds · Albrecht v. Heckler · Fulton v. Heckler · Smith 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 33 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“unless the court finds that the position of the United States was substantially justified or that special circumstances make an award unjust.”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Weakley v. Bowen · Kemp v. Bowen“In this circuit the test for substantial justification is essentially one of 'reasonableness in both law and fact.'”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Kemp v. Bowen · Taylor v. Heckler“The issue is whether the Government was [substantially justified] in arguing that the ALJ's decision was supported by substantial evidence.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Weakley v. Bowen · Kemp v. Bowen
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.