Broussard v. Bowen’s Empirical Analysis
828 F.2d 310 · 1987
Citation profile
9 federal appellate · 1 district ·
How this case has been cited
Cited by 20 later decisions — most recently May 2011
9 federal appellate · 1 district ·
Later decisions citing this case, by decade. The current decade is in progress, and our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so the latest bars are undercounted — not a real decline.
Relationships
Applies 28 U.S.C. § 2412
Relies on Richardson v. Perales · Consolidated Edison Co of New York v. National Labor Relations Board · Federal Election Commission v. Rose · Russell v. National Mediation Board · Knights of the Ku Klux Klan Realm of Louisiana v. East Baton Rouge Parish School Board U S
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 20 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“The substantial evidence standard and the without reasonable justification standard are neither semantic nor legal equivalents. Support by substantial evidence implies a stronger basis than exacted by a decision with reasonable justification ... The “substantial evidence” standard, used to consider the merits of the agency decision, has been defined by the Supreme Court as “more than a mere scintilla,” and “such relevant evidence as a reasonable mind might accept as adequate to support a conclusion.” On the other hand, the “substantial justification” standard used to determine whether the government was justified in continuing to defend its position in court, requires only that there be a reasonable basis in law and in fact for the position taken.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“[T]he question of substantial justification is essentially for the district court.”
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.