Metz v. Shalala’s Empirical Analysis
49 F.3d 374 · 1995
Citation profile
18 federal appellate · 6 district ·
How this case has been cited
Cited by 65 later decisions — most recently December 2017 · most notably Kelley v. Callahan (1998), Cooper v. Casey (1996)
18 federal appellate · 6 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
Applies 28 U.S.C. § 636
Relies on Polaski v. Heckler · Curtiss-Wright Corp. v. Schoonejongen · Browning v. Sullivan · Thomas v. Sullivan · Nelson 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 65 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“relevant evidence that a reasonable mind might accept as adequate to support a conclusion.”
4 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“inconsistencies in Metz's testimony, lack of severe pain medication, and the absence of objective medical evidence of severe pain, support[ed] the ALJ's decision to discredit Metz's subjective complaints of pain. " Id. at 377. Indeed, the Metz court stressed (as I do in this dissent) that the important factor — particularly in cases where somatic patients allege disabling pain — is the ALJ's credibility determination, and in such cases, where "the ALJ state[s] that he f[inds the claimant's] testimony incredible and explain[s] why[,] ... [the court] will not reverse the ALJ `simply because some evidence may support the opposite conclusion.'”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“[i]n cases involving somatoform disorder... an ALJ is not free to reject subjective experiences without an express finding that the claimant's testimony is not credible. Metz v. Shalala , 49 F.3d 374 , 377 (8th Cir. 1995). Where such a finding has been made,”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Condon 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.