Rice v. Barnhart’s Empirical Analysis
384 F.3d 363 · 2004
Citation profile
18 federal appellate · 1 district ·
How this case has been cited
Cited by 101 later decisions — most recently May 2025 · most notably Elder v. Astrue (2008), Fischer-Ross v. Barnhart (2005)
18 federal appellate · 1 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 · Clifford v. Apfel · Pope v. Shalala · Zurawski v. Halter · Diaz v. Chater
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 101 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“To be eligible for disability insurance benefits under Title II of the Social Security Act (“Act”), 42 U.S.C. §§ 416 (1), 423, and supplemental security income under Title XVI of the Act, §§ 1382, 1382c, a claimant must prove she is unable to engage in any substantial gainful activity by reason of a medically determinable physical or mental impairment which can be expected to result in death or which has lasted or can be expected to last for a continuous period of not less than twelve months. 42 U.S.C. §§ 432 (d)(1)(A), 1382c(a)(3)(A). The Commissioner of the Social Security Administration uses a five-step sequential analysis to ascertain whether a claimant is disabled. See 20 C.F.R. §§ 404.1520 (a)-(f), 416.920(a)-(f); Zurawski v. Halter, 245 F.3d 881, 885-86 (7th Cir.2001). Steps one and two are threshold determinations and assess first, whether a claimant is not presently working, and second, whether the complained of impairment(s) are of the required duration and significantly limit the claimant’s ability to work. 20 C.F.R. §§ 404.1520 (a)-(c), 416.920(a)-(c). In step three, evidence demonstrating the claimant’s impairments is compared to a list of impairments presumed severe enough to preclude any gainful work. See 20 C.F.R. pt. 404, subpt. P, App. 1 (“listing of impairments”). Where an impairment meets or equals one of the listed impairments, the claimant qualifies for benefits and no further inquiry is necessary. 20 C.F.R. §§ 404.1520 (d), 416.920(d). If the claimant i”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“would be a needless formality to have the ALJ repeat substantially similar factual analyses”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“to give the opinion a commonsensical reading rather than nitpicking at it.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
How this case has been treated — in progress
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