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Pitts v. Sullivan’s Empirical Analysis

923 F.2d 561 · 1991

Citation profile

42
cited by 42 later decisions
November 1995
most recently cited

11 federal appellate ·

Relationships

Applies 42 U.S.C. § 1381 (§ 1601 of the Social Security Act of 1935) · 42 U.S.C. § 401 (§ 201 of the Social Security Act of 1935) · 42 U.S.C. § 405 (§ 205 of the Social Security Act of 1935) · 42 U.S.C. § 416 (§ 216 of the Social Security Act of 1935)

Relies on Universal Camera Corp. v. National Labor Relations Board · Richardson v. Perales · Bowen v. Yuckert · Mullins Coal Co. v. Director, Office of Workers' Compensation Programs · Baker 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 42 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

  1. “such relevant evidence as a reasonable mind might accept as adequate to support a conclusion.”
    11 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
    e.g. Charles Duranty v. Louis W. Sullivan, Secretary of the Department of Health & Human Services · Samuss v. W Sullivan Md
  2. “The following steps are addressed in order. (1) Is the claimant presently employed? (2) Is the claimant’s impairment “severe”? (3) Does the impairment meet or exceed one of a list of specific impairments? (4) Is the claimant unable to perform his or her former occupation? (5) Is the claimant unable to perform any other work in the economy? 20 C.F.R. §§ 404.1520 , 416.920. Once a claimant establishes proof regarding steps one through four, the claimant’s burden of proof is met. The burden then shifts to the Secretary to prove that the claimant remains capable of performing other work in view of the vocational factors of age, education, and work experience.”
    1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
    e.g. Brooks v. Sullivan

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.