Kapusta v. Sullivan’s Empirical Analysis
900 F.2d 94 · 1989
Citation profile
21 federal appellate · 2 district ·
How this case has been cited
Cited by 66 later decisions — most recently April 2013 · most notably Diaz v. Chater (1995), Luna v. Shalala (1994)
21 federal appellate · 2 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. § 636 · 42 U.S.C. § 405 (§ 205 of the Social Security Act of 1935)
Relies on Richardson v. Perales · Bethlehem Steel Corp. v. Pemberton · Walker v. Bowen · Stephens v. Heckler · Zalewski 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 66 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“the disabling extent of a claimant's pain is a question of fact for the ALJ”
6 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“'more than a scintilla. It means such evidence as a reasonable mind might accept as adequate to support a conclusion.'”
4 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“[a] claimant can do sedentary work if he [or she] can (1) sit up, (2) do occasional lifting of objects up to ten pounds, and (3) occasionally walk or stand.”
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.