Schaefer v. Heckler’s Empirical Analysis
792 F.2d 81 · 1986
Citation profile
19 federal appellate ·
Relationships
Applies 42 U.S.C. § 402 (§ 202 of the Social Security Act of 1935) · 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 · Whitney v. Schweiker · Adams v. Weinberger · Strunk v. Heckler · Schmoll 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 39 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“in cases involving children born after or shortly before the wage earner's death some tangible support is still required ...; a mere expectation of support from the insured wage earner is not enough.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“was living with ... the applicant [for benefits] at the time such insured individual died”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“by the courts of the state in which he was domiciled at the time of his death.”
2 later decisions 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.