Singh v. Apfel’s Empirical Analysis
222 F.3d 448 · 2000
Citation profile
34 federal appellate · 14 district ·
How this case has been cited
Cited by 126 later decisions — most recently May 2022 · most notably Dennis W. Pearsall v. Larry Massanari, Acting Commissioner of Social Security (2001), Robert J. Lauer v. Kenneth S. Apfel, Commissioner of Social Security (2001)
34 federal appellate · 14 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 · Kelley v. Callahan · Jerold H. Nevland v. Kenneth S. Apfel, Commissioner of Social Security · Cox v. Apfel · Ghant 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 126 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“should not ordinarily be disregarded and is entitled to substantial weight. A treating physician’s opinion regarding an applicant’s impairment will be granted controlling weight, provided the opinion is well-supported by medically acceptable clinical and laboratory diagnostic techniques and is not inconsistent with the other substantial evidence in the record.”
8 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“By contrast, '[t]he opinion of a consulting physician who examines a claimant once or not at all does not generally constitute substantial evidence.'”
6 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“evidence that detracts from the Commissioner's decision as well as evidence that supports it.”
5 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Woods v. Astrue · Wiekamp v. Apfel
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.