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Watts v. Harris’s Empirical Analysis

614 F.2d 515 · 1980

Citation profile

13
cited by 13 later decisions
February 1993
most recently cited

7 federal appellate · 1 district ·

Relationships

Applies 42 U.S.C. § 405 (§ 205 of the Social Security Act of 1935)

Relies on National Labor Relations Board v. Columbian Enameling & Stamping Co. · Simmons v. Harris · Goodley v. Harris · Newborn v. Harris

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 13 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

  1. “claimant has offered no explanation as to why the information in the letter from claimant's treating physician was not gathered and incorporated into a prior proceeding”
    1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
  2. “more than a mere scintilla. It means such relevant evidence as a reasonable mind might accept as adequate to support a conclusion.”
    1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
  3. “may not decide the facts anew or substitute its judgment as to the credibility of the evidence for that of the Secretary.”
    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.