Wider v. Colvin’s Empirical Analysis
2017
Citation profile
Relationships
Applies 28 U.S.C. § 636 · 42 U.S.C. § 405 (§ 205 of the Social Security Act of 1935) · 42 U.S.C. § 423 (§ 223 of the Social Security Act of 1935)
Relies on Rosa v. Callahan · Nettles v. Wainwright · Schaal v. Apfel · McCarthy v. Manson · Albert Shaw v. Shirley S. Chater, as Commissioner of the Social Security Administration
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 8 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“reflect judgments about the nature and severity of [Martes's] impairment(s),”
4 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“may not assess objections as to 'substantial evidence' where an ALJ decision is infected with legal error,”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Laware v. Colvin · Thomas v. Colvin“The goal of the federal statute providing for the assignment of cases to magistrates is to increase the overall efficiency of the federal judiciary[ ] ... [and] [t]here is no increase in efficiency, and much extra work, when a party attempts to relitigate every argument which it presented to the Magistrate Judge.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Alvarez Sosa v. Barr
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.