Simms v. Sullivan’s Empirical Analysis
877 F.2d 1047 · 1989
Citation profile
9 federal appellate · 48 district ·
How this case has been cited
Cited by 65 later decisions — most recently July 2023 · most notably Butler v. Barnhart (2004), Williams v. Shalala (1993)
9 federal appellate · 48 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 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 Poulin v. Bowen · Gordon v. Schweiker · Brown v. Bowen · Diabo v. Secretary of Health Education and Welfare
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 65 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“In a disability proceeding, the ALJ “has the power and the duty to investigate fully all matters in issue, and to develop the comprehensive record required for a fair determination of disability.” The Commissioner’s ultimate determination will not be disturbed if it is based on substantial evidence in the record and correctly applies the relevant legal standards.”
4 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“only if [her] physical or mental impairment or impairments are of such severity that [she] is not only unable to do [her] previous work but cannot, considering [her] age, education, and work experience, engage in any other kind of substantial gainful work which exists in the national economy.”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“to rule anew (at step five) on [the claimant's] ability to perform `other work.'”
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.