Wirth v. Barnhart’s Empirical Analysis
2004
Citation profile
1 district ·
Relationships
Applies 28 U.S.C. § 2412 · 28 U.S.C. § 636 · 42 U.S.C. § 405 (§ 205 of the Social Security Act of 1935)
Relies on Hensley v. Eckerhart · Pierce v. Underwood · Shalala v. Schaefer · Video Views, Inc. v. Studio 21, Ltd. · Cummings v. Sullivan
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 4 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“The Commissioner bears the burden of demonstrating that her position was substantially justified or that special circumstances would make an award unjust.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Jensen v. Berryhill
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.