Vossen v. Astrue’s Empirical Analysis
612 F.3d 1011 · 2010
Citation profile
8 federal appellate · 3 district ·
Relationships
Relies on Polaski v. Heckler · Prosch v. Apfel · Cline v. Sullivan · Dennis W. Pearsall v. Larry Massanari, Acting Commissioner of Social Security · Stormo v. Barnhart
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 21 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“The opinion of a treating physician is accorded special deference under the social security regulations”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Despain 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.