Case Citator › Linda D. Higgins v. Kenneth S. Apfel, Commissioner of Social Security

Linda D. Higgins v. Kenneth S. Apfel, Commissioner of Social Security

Is it still good law? What later courts have actually done to this case.

Good law
Court
Eighth Circuit
Citation
222 F.3d 504
Decided
Confirmed treatments
0
Flagged citations read
90 of 90
Citing cases (total)
100
Good law
Every flagged citation to this case has been read, and none of them overrules, limits, or questions it. Linda D. Higgins v. Kenneth S. Apfel, Commissioner of Social Security remains good law: all 90 flagged citations have been read, and none adversely treated the decision. Every reviewed opinion used a history parenthetical reporting that Higgins abrogated part of McCoy v. Schweiker or recognized that same history; Higgins was the treating authority, not the target.
Every treatment on this page is written from the citing opinion itself, with a verbatim quote, never copied from a commercial citator. A citation flagged by our screen but not shown here was read and found not to weaken this case.

100 later cases cite Linda D. Higgins v. Kenneth S. Apfel, Commissioner of Social Security; 90 of those citations sat close to treatment language and were flagged for reading, and all of them have been read. Citations that did not sit near treatment language were not flagged and were not read one by one, so a court that weakened this case without using any of that language would not appear here.

Relying on Linda D. Higgins v. Kenneth S. Apfel, Commissioner of Social Security?

This page shows what later courts did to it. Ask about your specific facts and see whether it still carries your argument, with citations you can check.

No reviewed court has overruled or limited this case.

Every one of the 90 flagged citations was read, and each turned out to be something other than adverse treatment: a routine application, a party's argument the court rejected, or the case itself discussing older law. That reading is the finding this page exists to report.

Does this case still carry your argument?

Describe your facts. Ezel reads Linda D. Higgins v. Kenneth S. Apfel, Commissioner of Social Security and the cases that treated it, then tells you whether it still holds for your situation, with citations.

Opens in Ezel Pro.

  • Checks the law as it stands today, not only this page
  • Cites every source it relies on, so you can verify it
  • Chat, drafting and research in one workspace