Scott v. Berryhill’s Empirical Analysis

855 F.3d 853 · 2017

Citation profile

cited by 3 later decisions

July 2019

most recently cited

2 federal appellate ·

Relationships

Applies 28 U.S.C. § 636 · 42 U.S.C. § 1381 (§ 1601 of the Social Security Act of 1935) · 42 U.S.C. § 405 (§ 205 of the Social Security Act of 1935)

Relies on Goff v. Barnhart · Sheila J. Young v. Kenneth S. Apfel, Commissioner of Social Security · Newton v. Chater · Lacroix v. Barnhart · Cox v. Astrue

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

“provided for medium, unskilled work involving 'personal contact that is incidental to the work performed,' requiring 'little independent judgment ... [and] simple, direct, and ... very brief' supervision”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
e.g. Hess v. Comm'r Soc. Sec. · Russell Hess, III v. Commissioner Social Security
“reading, writing, and math difficulties, ... his history of special education and failure to finish high school[,]”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
e.g. Hess v. Comm'r Soc. Sec. · Russell Hess, III v. Commissioner Social Security
“'retains the focus necessary to watch three hours of television per day[,]' ... does not require reminders[,]”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
e.g. Hess v. Comm'r Soc. Sec. · Russell Hess, III v. Commissioner Social Security

How this case has been treated — in progress

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