Kirby v. Astrue’s Empirical Analysis
500 F.3d 705 · 2007
Citation profile
11 federal appellate · 4 district ·
Relationships
Applies 42 U.S.C. § 423 (§ 223 of the Social Security Act of 1935)
Relies on Bowen v. Yuckert · William B. Johnson v. Kenneth S. Apfel, Commissioner of Social Security · Dixon v. Barnhart · Page v. Astrue · Nguyen 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 87 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“It is the function of the ALJ to weigh conflicting evidence.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the concurrencee.g. Dols v. Saul
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.