Bradley v. Astrue’s Empirical Analysis
528 F.3d 1113 · 2008
Citation profile
7 federal appellate · 3 district ·
How this case has been cited
Cited by 52 later decisions — most recently February 2021 · most notably Wildman v. Astrue (2010), Owen v. Astrue (2008)
7 federal appellate · 3 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. § 1381 (§ 1601 of the Social Security Act of 1935)
Relies on Dennis W. Pearsall v. Larry Massanari, Acting Commissioner of Social Security · Guilliams v. Barnhart · Hacker v. Barnhart · Travis v. Astrue · Nicola v. Astrue
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 52 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“denial of benefits so long as the ALJ's decision falls within the 'available zone of choice.' " Bradley v. Astrue , 528 F.3d 1113 , 1115 (8th Cir. 2008) (quoting Nicola v. Astrue , 480 F.3d 885 , 886 (8th Cir. 2007) ). The decision of the ALJ "is not outside the 'zone of choice' simply because we might have reached a different conclusion had we been the initial finder of fact.”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“denial of benefits so long as the ALJ's decision falls within the 'available zone of choice.'”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“Substantial evidence is merely such relevant evidence that a reasonable mind might accept as adequate to support a conclusion. Substantial evidence on the record as a whole, however, requires a more scrutinizing analysis. In the review of an administrative decision, the substantiality of evidence must take into account whatever in the record fairly detracts from its weight. Thus, the court must also take into consideration the weight of the evidence in the record and apply a balancing test to evidence which is contradictory.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Heino v. Astrue
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.