6 canonical passages across 5 cases, quoted by 686 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 Thomas Scott Henry v. Commissioner of Social Security.
| # | Case | Flag | Canonical passage | Citers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Thomas Scott Henry v. Commissioner of Social Security Anchor | green | “cases printed in the federal appendix are cited as persuasive authority.” | 143 |
| 2 | Ingram v. Commissioner of Social Security Administration | green | “when a claimant properly presents new evidence to the appeals council, a reviewing court must consider whether that new evidence renders the denial of benefits erroneous.” | 115 |
| 3 | Hugh STEWART, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, Defendant-Appellee | green | “as a general principle, the court of appeals will not address an argument that has not been raised in the district court...because stewart did not present any of his assertions in the district court, we decline to consider them on appeal.” | 109 |
| 4 | Charles Doughty v. Kenneth S. Apfel | green | “review the commissioner's factual findings with deference and the commissioner's legal conclusions with close scrutiny.” | 107 |
| 5 | Ingram v. Commissioner of Social Security Administration | green | “the settled law of this circuit is that a court may review, under sentence four of section 405(g), a denial of review by the appeals council.” | 107 |
| 6 | Jones v. Apfel | green | “if a party hopes to preserve a claim, argument, theory, or defense for appeal, she must first clearly present it to the district court, that is, in such a way as to afford the district court an opportunity to recognize and rule on it.” | 105 |
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.