Pickner v. Sullivan’s Empirical Analysis
985 F.2d 401 · 1993
Citation profile
3 federal appellate · 1 district ·
How this case has been cited
Cited by 35 later decisions — most recently June 2012 · most notably Johnson v. Chater (1997), Hogg v. Shalala (1995)
3 federal appellate · 1 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
Relies on Polaski v. Heckler · Kirby v. Sullivan · Russell v. Sullivan · Nimick v. Secretary of Health & Human Services · Johnson v. Califano
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 35 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“Appellant’s work as a secretary/bookkeeper and as an apartment manager was ‘substantial’ because it involved doing significant physical and mental activities. Appellant’s low earnings were in part due to the fact that she was either self-employed or only worked part-time. However, work that is done on a part-time basis may be considered substantial. 20 C.F.R. § 404.1572 (a). In addition, her work as a secretary/bookkeeper and an apartment manager was ‘gainful’ because ... it is the kind of work usually done for pay or profit, even though her earnings were minimal. Work activity may be considered gainful whether or not a profit is realized.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“Although earnings below the guidelines will 'ordinarily' show that an employee has not engaged in substantial gainful activity, earnings below the guidelines will not conclusively show that an employee has not engaged in substantial gainful activity.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“Only after the claimant establishes that a disability precludes performance of past relevant work will the burden shift to the Secretary to prove that the claimant can perform work.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Johnson v. Chater
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.