Kellough v. Heckler’s Empirical Analysis
785 F.2d 1147 · 1986
Citation profile
22 federal appellate · 2 district ·
How this case has been cited
Cited by 38 later decisions — most recently April 2016 · most notably Mullen v. Bowen (1986), Holohan v. Massanari (2001)
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 29 U.S.C. § 160 (§ 10 of the National Labor Relations Act) · 30 U.S.C. § 901 (Black Lung Benefits Act) · 30 U.S.C. § 932 · 33 U.S.C. § 901 · 33 U.S.C. § 921 · 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 Universal Camera Corp. v. National Labor Relations Board · Baker v. Heckler · Taylor v. Heckler · Hall v. Harris · Zbosnik v. Badger Coal Co.
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 38 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“'Feels well' and 'normal activity' must be read in context; the claimant has established that she suffered a severe cardiac impairment in 1975. A note entered in November 1975, just one month before she was hospitalized for open heart surgery, also stated that she 'feels well. 'Kellough testified without contradiction that her 'normal activity' following her surgery was very limited.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Holohan v. Massanari“judicial review of a final decision of the Secretary which is at odds in its factual findings with that of an ALJ focuses upon the Secretary's decision rather than the ALJ's.... If the Secretary's dispositive factual findings are supported by substantial evidence, they must be affirmed, even in cases where contrary findings of an ALJ might also be supported.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Mullen v. Bowen“(1) There appears to be an abuse of discretion by the administrative law judge; (2) There is an error of law; (3) The action,, findings or conclusions of the administrative law judge are not supported by substantial evidence; or (4) There is a broad policy or procedural issue that may affect the general public interest.”
1 later decision 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.