Edwards v. Heckler’s Empirical Analysis
789 F.2d 659 · 1985
Citation profile
7 federal appellate · 1 district ·
Relationships
Applies 26 U.S.C. § 1402 · 28 U.S.C. § 2412 · 42 U.S.C. § 1988 · 42 U.S.C. § 401 (§ 201 of the Social Security Act of 1935) · 42 U.S.C. § 405 (§ 205 of the Social Security Act of 1935) · 42 U.S.C. § 411 (§ 211 of the Social Security Act of 1935)
Relies on Hensley v. Eckerhart · Chevron Oil Co. v. Huson · Craig v. Boren · Reed v. Reed · Frontiero v. Richardson
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 10 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“The test of whether or not a Government action is substantially justified is essentially one of reasonableness. Where the Government can show that its case had a reasonable basis both in law and fact, no award will be made.”
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.