Johnson v. Chater’s Empirical Analysis
108 F.3d 942 · 1997
Citation profile
10 federal appellate · 11 district · 1 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 49 later decisions — most recently December 2016 · most notably General Electric Capital Corporation v. Lease Resolution Corporation (1997), Greene v. State (1998)
10 federal appellate · 11 district · 1 state decisions
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 Robertson v. Methow Valley Citizens Council · Blanton v. General Electric Credit Corp. · Griffin v. United States · Polaski v. Heckler · Tallman v. Northwest Acute Care Corp.
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 49 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“(1) the credibility findings made by the Administrative Law Judge; (2) the education, background, work history, and age of the claimant; (3) the medical evidence from treating and consulting physicians; (4) the plaintiffs subjective complaints relating to exertional and nonexertional activities and impairments; (5) any corroboration by third parties of the plaintiffs impairments; and (6) the testimony of vocational experts when required which is based upon a proper hypothetical question.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“An ALJ may discount a claimant's subjective complaints only if there are inconsistencies in the record as a whole.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Call v. Callahan · Jackson v. Apfel“(a) Sedentary work. Sedentary work involves lifting no more than 10 pounds at a time and occasionally lifting or carrying articles like docket files, ledgers, and small tools. Although a sedentary job is defined as one which involves sitting, a certain amount of walking and standing is often necessary in carrying out job duties. Jobs are sedentary if walking and standing are required occasionally and other sedentary criteria are met. (b) Light work. Light work involves lifting no more than 20 pounds at a time with frequent lifting or carrying of objects weighing up to 10 pounds. Even though the weight lifted may be very little, a job is in this category when it requires a good deal of walking or standing, or when it involves sitting most of the time with some pushing and pulling of arm or leg controls. To be considered capable of performing a full or wide range of light work, you must have the ability to do substantially all of these activities. If someone can do light work, we determine that he or she can also do sedentary work, unless there are additional limiting factors such as loss of fine dexterity or inability to sit for long periods of time.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Call v. Callahan
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.