Boyd v. Sullivan’s Empirical Analysis
960 F.2d 733 · 1992
Citation profile
17 federal appellate · 4 district ·
How this case has been cited
Cited by 51 later decisions — most recently March 2017 · most notably Wilcutts v. Apfel (1998), Haley v. Massanari (2001)
17 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 Richardson v. Perales · McCoy v. Schweiker · Baker v. Heckler · Reeves v. Heckler · Warner 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 51 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“'duty to develop the record fully and fairly, even if ... the claimant is represented by counsel.'”
5 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“(1) Is the claimant currently engaged in substantial gainful activity? If “Yes,” the claim is denied. If “No,” go to Step 2. (2) Is the claimant’s medical impairment or combination of impairments severe enough that it significantly limits physical or mental ability to do basic work activities? If ‘Tes,” go to Step 3. If “No,” the claim is denied. (3) Does the claimant have an impairment or combination of impairments which meets or equals the duration requirement and is contained in the listing of impairments? If ‘Tes,” the claim is approved. If “No,” go to Step 4. (4) Does the claimant have an impairment or combination of impairments which prevents past relevant work? If “Yes,” go to Step 5. If “No,” the claim is denied. (5) Can the claimant, given his residual functional capacity and his age, education and past work experience perform any other work which exists in substantial numbers in the national economy? If ‘Tes,” the claim is denied. If “No,” the claim is approved.”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“records do not supply enough information to make an informed decision”
2 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.