Ash v. Colvin’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

7 federal appellate ·

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 12 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “Substantial evidence is less than a preponderance, but is enough that a reasonable mind would find it adequate to support the Commissioner's conclusion.”

   6 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Bagwell v. Comm'r, Soc. Sec. Admin. · Despain v. Berryhill

2. “if the Commissioner's decision is supported by ... substantial evidence on the record as a whole.”

   3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Bagwell v. Comm'r, Soc. Sec. Admin. · Despain v. Berryhill

3. “12.05 Mental Retardation: Mental retardation refers to significantly subaverage general intellectual functioning with deficits in adaptive functioning initially manifested during the developmental period; i.e., the evidence demonstrates or supports onset of the impairment before age 22. The required level of severity for this disorder is met when the requirements in A, B, C, or D are satisfied. C. A valid verbal, performance, or full scale IQ of 60 through 70 and a physical or other mental impairment imposing an additional and significant work-related limitation of function;”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Vance v. Berryhill