Meier v. Colvin’s Empirical Analysis
727 F.3d 867 · 2013
Citation profile
6 federal appellate · 2 district ·
Relationships
Applies 28 U.S.C. § 2412
Relies on Pierce v. Underwood · Commissioner, Immigration & Naturalization Service v. Jean · United States v. Hinkson · Lingenfelter v. Astrue · Carmickle v. Commissioner, Social Security Administration
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 31 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“While ⅝ this circuit has been clear that when an agency’s decision is unsupported by substantial evidence it is a strong indication that the position of the United States is not substantially justified, this circuit has never stated that every time this court reverses and remands the ALJ’s decision for lack of substantial evidence the claimant should be awarded attorney’s fees.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Decker v. Berryhill“[A] court shall award to a prevailing party other than the United States fees and other expenses ... incurred by that party in any civil action ... brought by or against the United States ..., unless the court finds that the position of the United States was substantially justified or that special circumstances make an award unjust.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Decker v. Berryhill
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.