Binion v. Chater’s Empirical Analysis
108 F.3d 780 · 1997
Citation profile
7 federal appellate · 2 district ·
How this case has been cited
Cited by 122 later decisions — most recently August 2019 · most notably Sheryl Smith Schoenfeld v. Kenneth S. Apfel (2001), Brueggemann v. Barnhart (2003)
7 federal appellate · 2 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 Richardson v. Perales · Bethlehem Steel Corp. v. Pemberton · Herron v. Shalala · Walker v. Bowen · 141 Ill. 2d 528 - People v. Rivera
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 122 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“Where conflicting evidence allows reasonable minds to differ as to whether a claimant is entitled to benefits,”
14 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“Conclusions of law are not entitled to deference, however, so if the Commissioner commits an error of law, reversal is required without regard to the volume of evidence in support of the factual findings.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“It is apparent ... that although stated in terms of reasonable doubt, clear and convincing evidence is considered to be more than a preponderance while not quite approaching the degree of proof necessary to convict a person of a criminal offense.”
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.