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820 F.3d 776 · 2016

Citation profile

4
cited by 4 later decisions
January 2021
most recently cited

2 federal appellate ·

Relationships

Applies 28 U.S.C. § 1291 · 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 Sullivan v. Zebley · Newton v. Apfel · Ballard v. Burton · Epps v. Harris · Boyd 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 4 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

  1. “the Commissioner uses a sequential, five-step approach [:] (1) whether the claimant is presently performing substantial gainful activity; (2) whether the claimant has a severe impairment; (3) whether the impairment meets or equals a listed impairment; (4) whether the impairment prevents the claimant from doing past relevant work; and (5) whether the impairment prevents the claimant from performing any other substantial gainful activity.”
    1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
  2. “We review the Commissioner's denial of social security benefits 'only to ascertain whether (1) the final decision is supported by substantial evidence and (2) whether the Commissioner used the proper legal standards to evaluate the evidence.'”
    1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
  3. “A finding of no substantial evidence is appropriate only if no credible evidentiary choices or medical findings support the decision.”
    1 later decision 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.