Stephens v. Barnhart’s Empirical Analysis
2002
Citation profile
6 district ·
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Applies 42 U.S.C. § 423 (§ 223 of the Social Security Act of 1935)
Relies on Irlanda Ortiz v. Secretary of Health & Human Services · Rodriguez v. Secretary of Health & Human Services · Goodermote v. Secretary of Health & Human Services · Thomas v. Barnhart · 14 soc.sec.rep.ser. 301, unempl.ins.rep. Cch 16,883 Ernest S. Avery v. Secretary of Health and Human Services
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 6 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[T]he medical evidence indicates that (1) Stephens’ ankle fracture completely healed without complication, (2) his pain was caused by weather rather than exertion, and (3) his pain was controlled by over-the-counter medications. Although Stephens-suggests that reading the evidence in this way constitutes an impermissible lay interpretation of raw medical data, see Perez v. Secretary of Health & Human Servs., 958 F.2d 445, 446 (1st Cir.1991), this prohibition does not apply where the medical evidence shows relatively little physical impairment.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“impossible to conclude that substantial evidence supported the finding that [Waters] had the RFC to return to [her] past work,”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Waters v. SSA
How this case has been treated — in progress
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