Pratt v. Sullivan’s Empirical Analysis
956 F.2d 830 · 1992
Citation profile
10 federal appellate · 4 district ·
How this case has been cited
Cited by 41 later decisions — most recently January 2016 · most notably Singh v. Apfel (2000), Robert J. Lauer v. Kenneth S. Apfel, Commissioner of Social Security (2001)
10 federal appellate · 4 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
Relies on Polaski v. Heckler · Gavin v. Heckler · O'Leary v. Schweiker · Cline v. Sullivan · Ekeland 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 41 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“12.04 Affective Disorders: Characterized by a disturbance of mood, accompanied by a full.or partial manic or depressive syndrome. Mood refers to a prolonged emotion, that colors the whole psychic life; it generally involves either depression or elation. The required level of severity for these disorders is met when the requirements in both A and B are satisfied, or when the requirements in C are satisfied. A. Medically documented persistence, either continuous or intermittent, of one of the following: 1. Depressive syndrome characterized by at least four of the following: a. Anhedonia or pervasive, loss of interest in almost all activities; or b. Appetite disturbance with change in weight; or c. Sleep disturbance; or d. ' Psyehomotor agitation or retardation; or e. Decreased energy; or f. Feelings of guilt or worthlessness; or g. Difficulty concentrating or thinking; or h. Thoughts of suicide; or i. Hallucinations, delusions, or paranoid thinking; or .' 2. Manic syndrome characterized by at least three of the following: a. Hyperactivity; or b. Pressure of speech; or c. Flight of ideas; or d. Inflated self-esteem; or e. Decreased need for sleep; or f. Easy distractibility; or g. Involvement in activities that have a high probability of painful consequences which are not recognized; or h. Hallucinations, delusions or paranoid thinking; or 3. Bipolar syndrome with a history of episodic periods manifested by the full symptomatic picture of both manic and depressive syndromes' (an”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“A claimant with ratings of “moderate” in the first and second areas, “often” in the third area, and “onee/never” in the fourth area has neither a presumptively non-severe impairment nor a presumptively disabling impairment. These in-between ratings result in findings of mental disorders which do not meet the paragraph B criteria but which are nonetheless disabling within the meaning of the regulations.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Ross v. Shalala“Instead of crediting the opinions of the mental health professionals, the ALJ substituted his own unsubstantiated conclusion concerning a mental impairment for the express diagnoses of Pratt’s examining psychiatrists and psychologists. Such disregard of the record constitutes reversible error. See, e.g., Delrosa v. Sullivan, 922 F.2d 480, 484-85 (8th Cir.1991).”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
How this case has been treated — in progress
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