Gowell v. Apfel’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

16 federal appellate · 6 district ·

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 55 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “[T]he real issue is how severe the pain is.”

   4 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. 306 F. Supp. 2d 863 - DeMaris v. Barnhart · 648 F. Supp. 2d 1101 - Letson v. Astrue

2. “'of or relating to the fascia surrounding and separating muscle tissue.' Stedman’s Medical Dictionary 1168 (26th ed.1995). 'Fascia' is a ‘sheet of fibrous tissue that envelops the body beneath the skin; it also encloses muscles and groups of muscles, and separates their several layers or groups.' Id. at 628 .” Gowell v. Apfel, 242 F.3d 793 , 795 n. 3 (8th Cir.2001). 4 . The term”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 537 F. Supp. 2d 644 - Gonzalez v. Astrue

3. “Substantial evidence is less than a preponderance, but enough so that a reasonable mind might accept it as adequate to support a conclusion.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Osborne v. Barnhart