Walls v. Barnhart’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

5 federal appellate · 4 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 37 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “in social security cases, we often use summary judgment as a procedural means to place the district court in position to fulfill its appellate function, not as a device to avoid nontriable issues under usual Federal Rule' of Civil Procedure 56 standards.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. 134 F. Supp. 3d 952 - Bostrom v. Colvin · 95 F. Supp. 3d 833 - Siddiqui v. Colvin

2. “[d]etermination of eligibility for social security benefits involves a five-step inquiry.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Johnson v. Barnhart · Hines v. Barnhart

3. “significant number of jobs in the national economy.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. 87 F. App'x 248 - Henderson v. Social Security Administration · Johnson v. Barnhart