Anderson v. Sullivan’s Empirical Analysis
925 F.2d 220 · 1991
Citation profile
15 federal appellate · 1 district ·
How this case has been cited
Cited by 46 later decisions — most recently September 2010 · most notably Burns v. Barnhart (2002), Elder v. Astrue (2008)
15 federal appellate · 1 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)
Relies on Richardson v. Perales · Bethlehem Steel Corp. v. Pemberton · Imani Hayes v. Heckler · Ray v. Bowen · Pugh v. Bowen
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 46 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“such relevant evidence as a reasonable mind might accept as adequate to support a conclusion.”
4 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“[a] valid verbal, performance, or full scale I.Q. of 60 through 70 and a physical or other mental impairment imposing additional and significant work-related limitation of function.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“reconsider credibility determinations made by the ALJ.”
1 later decision 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.