Gilliland v. Heckler’s Empirical Analysis
786 F.2d 178 · 1986
Citation profile
5 federal appellate · 24 district ·
How this case has been cited
Cited by 74 later decisions — most recently July 2019 · most notably Morales v. Apfel (2000), Mason v. Shalala (1993)
5 federal appellate · 24 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. § 1291 · 42 U.S.C. § 405 (§ 205 of the Social Security Act of 1935) · 42 U.S.C. § 416 (§ 216 of the Social Security Act of 1935)
Relies on Richardson v. Perales · Gold v. Secretary of Health, Education & Welfare · Smith v. Califano · Dobrowolsky v. Califano · Podedworny v. Harris
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 74 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“Our decisions make clear that determination vel non of substantial evidence is not merely a quantitative exercise. A single piece of evidence will not satisfy the substantiality test if the [agency] ignores, or fails to resolve, a conflict created by countervailing evidence. Nor is evidence substantial if it is overwhelmed by other evidence — particularly certain types of evidence (e.g., that offered by treating physicians).”
5 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“should be made only when the administrative record of the case has been fully developed and when substantial evidence on the record as a whole indicates that the Claimant is disabled and entitled to benefits”
5 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“A district court, after reviewing the decision of the Secretary may, under 42 U.S.C. § 405 (g) affirm, modify, or reverse the Secretary's decision with or without a remand to the Secretary for a rehearing.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Bruce v. Berryhill
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.