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2 canonical passages across 2 cases, quoted by 48 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 Manuel M. Villa v. Louis W. Sullivan, Secretary of Health and Human Services.

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1 Manuel M. Villa v. Louis W. Sullivan, Secretary of Health and Human Services Anchor
ca5 · 1990
green “substantial evidence is more than a scintilla, less than preponderance, and is such relevant evidence as a reasonable mind might accept as adequate to support a conclusion.” 30
2 Acosta v. Astrue
txwd · 2012
green “rfc determinations are inherently intertwined with matters of credibility, and the alj's credibility determinations are generally entitled to great deference.” 18

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