Richards v. Hewlett-Packard Corp.’s Empirical Analysis
592 F.3d 232 · 2010
Citation profile
7 federal appellate · 17 district ·
Appellate journey
Relationships
Applies 29 U.S.C. § 1001 (§ 2 of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974)
Relies on Firestone Tire and Rubber Company v. Bruch · Black & Decker Disability Plan v. Nord · United States v. Zannino · Carolyn Pari-Fasano Itt Hartford Life and Accident Insurance Company · Orndorf v. Paul Revere Life Insurance
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 30 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[T]reating physicians' opinions are ordinarily accorded deference in Social Security disability proceedings.”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“[D]e novo review generally consists of the court's independent weighing of the facts and opinions in [the administrative] record to determine whether the claimant has met his burden of showing he is disabled within the meaning of the policy.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“should not be given controlling weight except perhaps in the rare case in which the social security statutory criteria are identical to the criteria set forth in the insurance plan.”
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.