Hacker v. Barnhart’s Empirical Analysis
459 F.3d 934 · 2006
Citation profile
36 federal appellate · 3 district ·
How this case has been cited
Cited by 102 later decisions — most recently June 2024 · most notably Pepper v. Colvin (2013), Bradley v. Astrue (2008)
36 federal appellate · 3 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 McCoy v. Schweiker · Prosch v. Apfel · Goff v. Barnhart · Jasperson v. Purolator Courier Corp.
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 102 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“if it is well-supported by medically acceptable clinical and laboratory diagnostic techniques and is not inconsistent with other substantial evidence”
4 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the dissent“It is the ALJ's task to resolve conflicts in the evidence and issues of credibility.”
4 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“(1) whether [Toland] is currently employed; (2) whether [she] is severely impaired; (3) whether the impairment is, or is comparable to, a listed impairment; (4) whether [Toland] can perform [her] past relevant work; and if not, (5) whether [she] can perform any other kind of work.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Toland v. Colvin · Lott v. Colvin
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.