Bailey v. Chater’s Empirical Analysis

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10 federal appellate · 8 district ·

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.

1. “* * *In some cases, it may be possible, based on the medical evidence to reasonably infer that the onset of a disabling impairment(s) occurred some time prior to the date of the first recorded medical examination, e.g., the date the claimant stopped working. How long the disease may be determined to have existed at a disabling level of severity depends on an informed judgment of the facts in the particular case. This judgment, however, must have a legitimate medical basis. At the hearing, the administrative law judge (ALJ) should call on the services of a medical advisor when onset must be inferred....”

   4 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Corliss Thomas v. Shirley S. Chater, Commissioner of the Social Security Administration · Bird v. Commissioner of Social Security Administration

2. “The requirement that, in all but the most plain cases, a medical advisor be consulted prior to inferring an onset date is merely a variation on the most pervasive theme in administrative law— that substantial evidence support an agency’s decisions.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Rossiter v. SSA · 446 F. Supp. 2d 611 - Laing v. Barnhart

3. “in every case where the onset of disability must be inferred.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Donald E. Lawson v. Shirley S. Chater, Commissioner of Social Security, 1