6 canonical passages across 5 cases, quoted by 124 opinions in total. These passages cluster together because the same opinions keep quoting them side by side — they state parts of one doctrine. The anchor passage is from Geneva Goff v. Jo Anne B. Barnhart, Commissioner of Social Security.
| # | Case | Flag | Canonical passage | Citers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Geneva Goff v. Jo Anne B. Barnhart, Commissioner of Social Security Anchor | green | “n administrative decision is not subject to reversal simply because some evidence may support the opposite conclusion.” | 96 |
| 2 | Timothy Thompson v. Crispus Nix | green | “we also remind parties that objections must be . . . specific to trigger de novo review by the district court of any portion of the magistrate's report and recommendation.” | 9 |
| 3 | Sims v. Apfel | green | “claimants who exhaust administrative remedies need not also exhaust issues in a request for review by the appeals council in order to preserve judicial review of those issues.” | 8 |
| 4 | Marilyn J. Page v. Michael J. Astrue, 1 Commissioner, Social Security Administration | green | “substantial evidence is relevant evidence which a reasonable mind would accept as adequate to support the commissioner's conclusion.” | 5 |
| 5 | Carmen Lewis v. Jo Anne B. Barnhart, Commissioner of Social Security | green | “rfc is a medical question defined wholly in terms of the claimant's physical ability to perform exertional tasks or, in other words, "what the claimant can still do' despite his or her physical or mental limitations.” | 3 |
A red or yellow flag on a member means the underlying case has negative treatment — for those, check the case page before relying on the passage.