Byes v. Astrue’s Empirical Analysis
687 F.3d 913 · 2012
Citation profile
6 federal appellate · 15 district ·
Relationships
Applies 28 U.S.C. § 1291 · 28 U.S.C. § 636 · 42 U.S.C. § 405 (§ 205 of the Social Security Act of 1935)
Relies on Thomas v. Sullivan · Singh v. Apfel · Lopez ex rel. Lopez v. Barnhart · Robert J. Lauer v. Kenneth S. Apfel, Commissioner of Social Security · Cox v. Apfel
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 28 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“If substantial evidence supports the Commissioner's conclusions, this court does not reverse even if it would reach a different conclusion, or merely because substantial evidence also supports the contrary outcome.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“Substantial evidence is less than a preponderance, but enough that a reasonable mind would find it adequate to support the Commissioner's conclusions.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“reverse[ ] the findings of the Commissioner only if they are not supported by substantial evidence or result from an error of law.”
2 later decisions 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.