Sample v. Shalala’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

13 federal appellate · 1 district ·

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 45 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “may at any time order additional evidence to be taken before the Commissioner of Social Security, but only upon a showing that there is new evidence which is material and that there is good cause for the failure to incorporate such evidence into the record in a prior proceeding.”

   4 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Alfred PERKINS, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Shirley S. CHATER, Commissioner of Social Security, Defendant-Appellee · Hibbard

2. “'New' evidence is evidence 'not in existence or available to the claimant at the time of the administrative proceeding.'”

   3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Alfred PERKINS, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Shirley S. CHATER, Commissioner of Social Security, Defendant-Appellee · 651 F. Supp. 2d 211 - Pierce v. Commissioner of Social Security

3. “work effort that lasts less than three months can be considered an unsuccessful work attempt when a claimant is unable to perform work for more than a short time, and must quit due to an impairment.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Smith v. Apfel