Flaherty v. Astrue’s Empirical Analysis
515 F.3d 1067 · 2008
Citation profile
3 federal appellate · 12 district ·
Relationships
Applies 28 U.S.C. § 1291 · 42 U.S.C. § 423 (§ 223 of the Social Security Act of 1935)
Relies on Barnhart Commissioner of Social Security v. Walton · Thompson v. Sullivan · 16558a Hamilton v. Secretary of Health & Human Services of United States · Hawkins v. Chater · Henrie v. United States Department of Health & 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 53 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“an inability to engage in any substantial gainful activity and a physical or mental impairment, which provides reason for the inability. The impairment must be a medically determinable physical or mental impairment which can be expected to result in death or which has lasted or can be expected to last for a continuous period of not less than 12 months.”
5 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Cowan v. Astrue · Raymond v. Astrue“Substantial evidence is more than a mere scintilla and is such relevant evidence as a reasonable mind might accept as adequate to support a conclusion.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Medina 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.