Flores v. Shalala’s Empirical Analysis
49 F.3d 562 · 1995
Citation profile
45 federal appellate · 11 district ·
How this case has been cited
Cited by 105 later decisions — most recently July 2022 · most notably Thomas v. Barnhart (2002), Roe v. Anderson (1998)
45 federal appellate · 11 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. § 2412 · 28 U.S.C. § 636 · 42 U.S.C. § 405 (§ 205 of the Social Security Act of 1935)
Relies on Cooter & Gell v. Hartmarx Corp. · Pierce v. Underwood · Shalala v. Schaefer · Melkonyan v. Sullivan · Sullivan v. Hudson
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 105 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“In this circuit we apply a reasonableness standard in determining whether the government's position was substantially justified for purposes of the EAJA.”
6 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“the position of the United States was substantially justified.”
6 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Morgan v. S · Decker v. Berryhill“by considering only the procedural issues on which the district court reversed.”
4 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
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.