Copeland v. Colvin’s Empirical Analysis
771 F.3d 920 · 2014
Citation profile
2 federal appellate ·
Relationships
Applies 42 U.S.C. § 405 (§ 205 of the Social Security Act of 1935) · 42 U.S.C. § 423 (§ 223 of the Social Security Act of 1935)
Relies on Newton v. Apfel · Greenspan v. Shalala · Bradley Lewis v. Kenneth S. Apfel, Commissioner of the Social Security Administration · Leggett v. Chater · Perez 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 8 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“work activity that is both substantial and gainful. (a) Substantial work activity. Substantial work activity is work activity that involves doing significant physical or mental activities. Your work may be substantial even if it is done on a part-time basis or if you do less, get paid less, or have less responsibility than when you worked before. (b) Gainful work activity. Gainful work activity is work activity that you do for pay or profit. Work activity is gainful if it is the kind of work usually done for pay or profit, whether or not a profit is realized.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Adams v. Colvin“claimant must establish that [she] has an impairment or combination of impairments which significantly limit [her] physical or mental ability to do basic work activities.” Id. Next,”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“The interest in uniform national application of the law is particularly strong in an area like Social Security, where the number of cases is so high.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Barrett 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.