Audler v. Astrue’s Empirical Analysis
501 F.3d 446 · 2007
Citation profile
5 federal appellate · 2 district ·
How this case has been cited
Cited by 49 later decisions — most recently February 2020 · most notably Randall v. Astrue (2009), Jones v. Astrue (2012)
5 federal appellate · 2 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 42 U.S.C. § 405 (§ 205 of the Social Security Act of 1935)
Relies on Richardson v. Perales · Clifton v. Chater · Greenspan v. Shalala · Lovelace v. Bowen · Hollis v. Bowen
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 49 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“1.04 Disorders of the spine (e.g. herniated nucleus pulposus, spinal arachnoiditis, spinal stenosis, osteoarthritis, degenerative disc disease, facet arthritis, vertebral fracture), resulting in compromise of a nerve root (including the cauda equina) or the spinal' cord. With: A. Evidence of nerve root compression characterized by neuro-anatomic distribution of pain, limitation of motion of the spine, motor loss (atrophy with associated muscle weakness or muscle weakness) accompanied by sensory or reflex loss and, if there is involvement of the lower back, positive straight-leg raising test (sitting and supine).”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“whether (1) the claimant is presently working; (2) the claimant has a severe impairment; (3) the impairment meets or equals an impairment listed in appendix 1 of the social security regulations; (4) the impairment prevents the claimant from doing past relevant work; and (5) the impairment prevents the claimant from doing any other substantial gainful activity.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“We may not reweigh the evidence or substitute our judgment for that of the Commissioner.” (citation omitted)). 60 . Strickland, 615 F.2d at 1109 (citations omitted). 61 . Morgan, 803 F.3d at 776 . 62 . Audler, 501 F.3d at 448 (citation and quotation marks omitted); accord Shave v. Apfel, 238 F.3d 592 , 597 (5th Cir. 2001) (”
1 later decision 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.