Christopher Obrien v. Frank Bisignano

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• explaining that “[s]ubstantial evidence means only[] such relevant evidence as a 25 reasonable mind might accept as adequate to support a conclusion”
• finding that the Meanel rule remains intact 19 “to the extent [it holds] that claimants generally may not present new evidence [in federal 20 court], and new issues dependent on that evidence, that they failed to present to the ALJ”

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• United States v. Avalos
  Ninth Circuit· 2025-12-17

Cites

23 cases in this archive are cited by this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• United States v. Olano
  Supreme Court· 1993-04-26· cited 16,571×
• Consolidated Edison Co. v. National Labor Relations Board
  Supreme Court· 1938-12-05· cited 12,026×
• Smolen v. Chater
  Ninth Circuit· 1996-03-29· cited 4,261×
• Securities & Exchange Commission v. Chenery Corp.
  Supreme Court· 1943-02-01· cited 3,975×
• Tommasetti v. Astrue
  Ninth Circuit· 2008-07-17· cited 3,958×
• Sims v. Apfel
  Supreme Court· 2000-06-05· cited 2,263×
• Leslie Woods v. Kilolo Kijakazi
  Ninth Circuit· 2022-04-22· cited 1,825×
• Kanika Revels v. Nancy Berryhill
  Ninth Circuit· 2017-10-26· cited 1,617×
• Michelle Ford v. Andrew Saul
  Ninth Circuit· 2020-02-20· cited 1,610×
• Miller v. Gammie
  Ninth Circuit· 2003-07-09· cited 1,582×
• Lucia v. SEC
  Supreme Court· 2018-06-21· cited 979×
• Meanel v. Apfel
  Ninth Circuit· 1999-04-05· cited 809×
• Shaibi v. Berryhill
  Ninth Circuit· 2017-08-22· cited 463×
• Carr v. Saul
  Supreme Court· 2021-04-22· cited 325×
• Carmen Celaya v. William S. Halter, Commissioner of the Social Security Administration
  Ninth Circuit· 2003-06-17· cited 282×
• Harry L. Reynolds, Jr. v. International Amateur Athletic Federation, the Athletic Congress
  Sixth Circuit· 1994-07-07· cited 238×
• Tidwell v. Apfel
  Ninth Circuit· 1998-12-02· cited 225×
• JL Beverage Co. v. Jim Beam Brands Co.
  Ninth Circuit· 2016-07-14· cited 182×
• Mohamed Sabra v. Maricopa County Community Coll
  Ninth Circuit· 2022-08-10· cited 79×
• James Wischmann v. Kilolo Kijakazi
  Ninth Circuit· 2023-05-17· cited 69×