Brown v. Heckler’s Empirical Analysis
786 F.2d 870 · 1986
Citation profile
23 federal appellate ·
Relationships
Applies 42 U.S.C. § 416 (§ 216 of the Social Security Act of 1935) · 42 U.S.C. § 423 (§ 223 of the Social Security Act of 1935)
Relies on Salmi v. Secretary of Health & Human Services · Polaski v. Heckler · Brady v. Heckler · Stone v. Heckler · Johnson 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 26 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“point[ed] out that while the provision [in the severity regulation] explicitly requires the Secretary to disregard the claimant's age, education, and work experience, the Act expressly requires those factors to be taken into account when determining disability”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Bowen v. Yuckert“[i]f you have an impairment(s) which meets the duration requirement and is listed in Appendix 1 or is equal to a listed impairment(s), we will find you disabled without considering your age, education, and work experience.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the concurrencee.g. Cook v. Bowen“Margaret M. Heckler, Secretary of Health and Human Services.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Bridges 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.