7 canonical passages across 7 cases, quoted by 224 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 David Bowen v. Commissioner of Social Security.
| # | Case | Flag | Canonical passage | Citers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | David Bowen v. Commissioner of Social Security Anchor | green | “decision . . . will not be upheld the ssa fails to follow its own regulations and that error prejudices a claimant on the merits or deprives the claimant of a substantial right.” | 100 |
| 2 | Rabbers v. Commissioner Social Security Administration | green | “generally, . . . we review decisions of administrative agencies for harmless error.” | 69 |
| 3 | Debra Rogers v. Commissioner of Social Security | green | “t is not necessary that this court agree with the commissioner's finding, as long as it is substantially supported in the record.” | 22 |
| 4 | Biestek v. Commissioner of Social Security | green | “the alj need not perform an exhaustive, step-by-step analysis of each factor.” | 12 |
| 5 | Billy BLANKENSHIP, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Otis R. BOWEN, M.D., Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services, Defendant-Appellee | green | “subjective complaints of pain or other symptoms may support a claim of disability.” | 8 |
| 6 | Ahmed Nejat v. Commissioner of Social Securit | green | “although physicians opine on a claimant's residual functional capacity to work, ultimate responsibility for capacity-to-work determinations belongs to the commissioner.” | 8 |
| 7 | Cole v. Astrue | green | “in addition to balancing the factors to determine what weight to give a treating source opinion denied controlling weight, the agency specifically requires the alj to give good reasons for the weight he actually assigned.” | 5 |
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.