Swenson v. Sullivan’s Empirical Analysis
876 F.2d 683 · 1989
Citation profile
75 federal appellate · 9 district ·
How this case has been cited
Cited by 170 later decisions — most recently March 2024 · most notably 15229b v. Dar Lester, 15161b v. Dar a Smolen
75 federal appellate · 9 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 · 42 U.S.C. § 423 (§ 223 of the Social Security Act of 1935)
Relies on Richardson v. Perales · Pierce v. Underwood · Gallant v. Heckler · Sprague v. Bowen · Cotton v. Bowen
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 170 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“Substantial evidence means 'more than a scintilla', but 'less than a preponderance.' It means 'such relevant evidence as a reasonable mind might accept as adequate to support a conclusion.'”
7 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“(1) the ALJ has failed to provide legally sufficient reasons for rejecting such evidence, (2) there are no outstanding issues that must be resolved before a determination of disability can be made, and (3) it is clear from the record that the ALJ would be required to find the claimant disabled were such evidence credited.”
4 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“where no useful purpose would be served by further administrative proceedings and the record has been fully developed.”
3 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.