8 canonical passages across 5 cases, quoted by 341 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 Darline Halloran v. Jo Anne Barnhart, as Commissioner of the Social Security Administration.
| # | Case | Flag | Canonical passage | Citers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Darline Halloran v. Jo Anne Barnhart, as Commissioner of the Social Security Administration Anchor | green | “such relevant evidence as a reasonable mind might accept as adequate to support a conclusion.” | 72 |
| 2 | Balodis v. Leavitt | green | “the commissioner must consider the following in determining a claimant's entitlement to benefits: '(1) the objective medical facts and clinical findings; (2) diagnoses or medical opinions based on such facts; (3) subjective evidence of pain or disability . . . ; and (4) the clai…” | 64 |
| 3 | Sobolewski v. Apfel | green | “able to engage in gainful employment within the national economy.” | 50 |
| 4 | Albert Shaw v. Shirley S. Chater, as Commissioner of the Social Security Administration | green | “engage in any substantial gainful activity by reason of any medically determinable physical or mental impairment which can be expected to result in death or which has lasted or can be expected to last for a continuous period of not less than 12 months.” | 49 |
| 5 | Walter E. Parker v. Patricia Roberts Harris, Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare | green | “persuasive proof of disability and a remand for further evidentiary proceedings would serve no purpose,” | 38 |
| 6 | Darline Halloran v. Jo Anne Barnhart, as Commissioner of the Social Security Administration | green | “reasonable mind might accept as adequate to support a conclusion.” | 38 |
| 7 | Walter E. Parker v. Patricia Roberts Harris, Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare | green | “persuasive proof of disability” | 21 |
| 8 | Sobolewski v. Apfel | green | “the burden falls upon the commissioner at the fifth step of the disability evaluation process to prove that the claimant, if unable to perform her past relevant work and considering her residual functional capacity, age, education, and work experience, is able to engage in gainf…” | 9 |
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.