Hoffman v. Heckler’s Empirical Analysis
785 F.2d 1423 · 1986
Citation profile
20 federal appellate · 1 district ·
How this case has been cited
Cited by 39 later decisions — most recently November 2016 · most notably Varney v. Secretary of Health & Human Services (1988), Swenson v. Sullivan (1989)
20 federal appellate · 1 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 Hall v. Secretary of Health, Education & Welfare · Lewin v. Schwieker · Kail v. Heckler · Stone 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 39 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“the inability to engage in any substantial gainful activity by reason of any medically determinable physical or mental impairment which can be expected to result in death or which has lasted or can be expected to last for a continuous period of not less than 12 months.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Villa v. Heckler · Webb v. Barnhart“such severity that [Clem] is not only unable to do his previous work but cannot, considering his age, education, and work experience, engage in any other kind of substantial gainful work which exists in the national economy.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Clem v. Sullivan“) appeals the district court's order affirming the decision of the Secretary of Health and Human Services (”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Burkhart 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.