Shelman v. Heckler’s Empirical Analysis
821 F.2d 316 · 1987
Citation profile
45 federal appellate ·
How this case has been cited
Cited by 99 later decisions — most recently December 2016 · most notably Abbott v. Sullivan (1990), Jones v. Commissioner of Social Security (2003)
45 federal appellate ·
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)
Relies on Richardson v. Perales · Consolidated Edison Co of New York v. National Labor Relations Board · Garner v. Heckler · Beavers v. Secretary of Health, Education & Welfare · Bapp v. Bowen
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 99 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“the burden shifts to the Secretary to establish that the claimant retains the residual functional capacity to perform alternative substantial gainful work which exists in the national economy.”
7 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“While the ALJ [is] not bound by the opinions of plaintiff's treating physicians, he was required to set forth some basis for rejecting these opinions.”
4 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“'the opinion of a non-examining physician is entitled to little weight if it is contrary to the opinion of the claimant's treating physician.'”
3 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.