Baxter v. Sullivan’s Empirical Analysis
923 F.2d 1391 · 1991
Citation profile
46 federal appellate · 17 district · 1 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 112 later decisions — most recently October 2018 · most notably 15229b v. Dar Lester, 16105b v. Dar Reddick
46 federal appellate · 17 district · 1 state decisions
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. § 1291 · 28 U.S.C. § 636 · 42 U.S.C. § 416 (§ 216 of the Social Security Act of 1935) · 42 U.S.C. § 423 (§ 223 of the Social Security Act of 1935)
Relies on Richardson v. Perales · Thomas v. Arn · Bowen v. Yuckert · Magallanes v. Bowen · Gonzalez v. Sullivan
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 112 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“by articulating 'specific, legitimate reasons for doing so that are based on substantial evidence in the record.'”
8 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“less than a preponderance: it means such relevant evidence as a reasonable mind might accept as adequate to support a conclusion.”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“to engage in any substantial gainful activity by reason of any medically determinable physical or mental impairment.”
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.