Rivera v. Sullivan’s Empirical Analysis
923 F.2d 964 · 1991
Citation profile
13 federal appellate · 6 district ·
How this case has been cited
Cited by 191 later decisions — most recently November 2017 · most notably Rosa v. Callahan (1999), Schaal v. Apfel (1998)
13 federal appellate · 6 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. § 423 (§ 223 of the Social Security Act of 1935)
Relies on Richardson v. Perales · Parker v. Harris · Berry v. Schweiker · Mongeur v. Heckler · Valente v. Secretary of Health & Human Services
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 191 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“our focus is not so much on the district court's ruling as it is on the administrative ruling.”
6 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Schaal v. Apfel · Tejada v. Apfel“more than a mere scintilla. It means such relevant evidence as a reasonable mind might accept as adequate to support a conclusion.”
4 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Rosa v. Callahan · Brown v. Apfel“is not only unable to do his previous work but cannot, considering his age, education, and work experience, engage in any other kind of substantial gainful work which exists in the national economy, regardless of whether such work exists in the immediate area in which he lives, or whether a specific job vacancy exists for him, or whether he would be hired if he applied for 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.