Melton v. Bowen’s Empirical Analysis
1987
Citation profile
Relationships
Applies 28 U.S.C. § 2412 · 42 U.S.C. § 406 (§ 206 of the Social Security Act of 1935)
Relies on Cornella v. Schweiker · United States v. Acres of Land More or Less Situate in Vernon County State of Missouri · Keasler v. United States · MacDonald v. Weinberger · Jorstad v. IDS Realty Trust
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 4 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“substantial justification standard is a lesser standard than the substantial evidence standard used to review administrative determinations.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“must show that its position was `clearly reasonable; well-founded in law and fact, solid though not necessarily correct.'”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
How this case has been treated — in progress
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