Scott v. Astrue’s Empirical Analysis
647 F.3d 734 · 2011
Citation profile
15 federal appellate · 2 district ·
Relationships
Relies on Richardson v. Perales · Securities and Exchange Commission v. Chenery Corporation · Steele v. Barnhart · Briscoe ex rel. Taylor v. Barnhart · Golembiewski 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 69 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“There can be a great distance between a patient who responds to treatment and one who is able to enter the workforce, and that difference is borne out in Dr. Tate’s treatment notes. Those notes show that although Scott had improved with treatment, she nevertheless continued to frequently experience bouts of crying and feelings of paranoia. The ALJ was not permitted to”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Garrison v. Colvin“If the ALJ found this evidence insufficient, it was [his] responsibility to recognize the need for additional medical evaluations.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“An ALJ must offer good reasons for discounting the opinion of a treating physician.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Salaiz v. Colvin
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.