Miles v. Chater’s Empirical Analysis
84 F.3d 1397 · 1996
Citation profile
16 federal appellate · 4 district ·
How this case has been cited
Cited by 105 later decisions — most recently August 2019 · most notably Moore v. Barnhart (2005), Phillips v. Barnhart (2004)
16 federal appellate · 4 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
Relies on Richardson v. Perales · Bonner v. City of Prichard · Heckler v. Campbell · Johnson v. Mississippi · Bloodsworth v. Heckler
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 105 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“1. If the claimant is working or engaging in substantial gainful activity, he is not disabled. However, if the claimant is not working or engaging in substantial gainful activity, the Court must consider whether the claimant has a severe impairment. 2. If the claimant does not have a severe impairment, he is not disabled. A severe impairment is defined as a condition that precludes one from performing basic work-related activities. If the claimant has a severe impairment, the Court must then consider whether the impairment has lasted or is expected to last for more than twelve (12) months. 3. If a claimant’s impairment has lasted or is expected to last for a continuous period of twelve (12) months or more and it is either included on or equivalent to an item in a list of severe impairments, as found in Appendix I of the regulations, the claimant is disabled. 4. Even if a claimant is disabled according to all of the criteria enunciated in steps one (1) through three (3), if upon medical evaluation, it is determined that the claimant can return to his previous job, the claimant will not be entitled to benefits. 5. Finally, even if a claimant (a) is not working or engaging in substantial gainful activity; (b) has a severe impairment that is listed in Appendix I of the regulations (or may be considered and equivalent thereto); (c) that impairment has lasted or is expected to last for more than twelve (12) continuous months; and (d) he is not expected to be able to return to his p”
13 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“[t]he ALJ plays a crucial role in the disability review process. Not only is he duty-bound to develop a full and fair record, he must carefully weigh the evidence, giving individualized consideration to each claim that comes before him.”
5 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“[We] must review the agency’s decision and determine whether [the agency’s] conclusion, as a whole, was supported by substantial evidence in the record. Substantial evidence is something more than a mere scintilla, but less than a preponderance. If the Commissioner’s decision is supported by substantial evidence, this Court must affirm, even if the proof preponderates against it. We may not decide facts anew, reweigh the evidence, or substitute our judgment for that of the Commissioner.”
4 later decisions 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.