Gaspard v. Social Security Administration, Commissioner

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• affirming Commissioner’s decision to rely on VE testimony despite implied conflict where adequate evidence supported VE testimony
• affirming Commissioner’s decision to rely on VE testimony despite implied confligt where adequate evidence supported VE testimony
• affirming Commissioner’s decision to rely on vocational expert testimony despite implied conflict where adequate evidence supported vocational expert testimony
• while the court “conclude[d] that a possibility exists that some jobs requiring reasoning level 2 or higher may conflict with plaintiff’s specific limitations,” it determined that “such conflict . . . [wa]s only arguable, not obvious or direct.”
• “[T]he Commissioner’s argument is well-taken that a limitation of ‘simple one or two- step tasks on a repetitive basis where concentration really isn’t required’ does not necessarily preclude ability to perform jobs with reasoning levels of 2 or higher.”
• “The Commissioner’s burden at Step 5 of the sequential evaluation process . . . is satisfied by showing the existence of only one job with a significant number of available positions that the claimant can perform.” (citing Evans v. Chater, 55 F.3d 530, 532–33 (10th Cir. 1995

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cites

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

• Richardson v. Perales
  Supreme Court· 1971-05-03· cited 22,864×
• Consolidated Edison Co. v. National Labor Relations Board
  Supreme Court· 1938-12-05· cited 12,026×
• Bowen v. Yuckert
  Supreme Court· 1987-06-08· cited 9,437×
• Paul W. Douglass v. United Services Automobile Association
  Fifth Circuit· 1996-03-28· cited 8,052×
• Hackett v. Barnhart
  Tenth Circuit· 2005-01-24· cited 980×
• Joseph BURNS, Appellant v. Jo Anne B. BARNHART, Commissioner of the Social Security Administration
  Third Circuit· 2002-12-04· cited 810×
• Don E. LEGGETT, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Shirley E. CHATER, Commissioner of the Social Security Administration, Defendant-Appellee
  Fifth Circuit· 1995-10-30· cited 563×
• Perez v. Barnhart
  Fifth Circuit· 2005-07-01· cited 480×
• Elizabeth Anthony v. Louis W. Sullivan, M.D., Secretary Health and Human Services
  Fifth Circuit· 1992-02-25· cited 449×
• Benito RODRIGUEZ, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Otis R. BOWEN, M.D., Secretary of Health and Human Services, Defendant-Appellee
  Fifth Circuit· 1988-10-14· cited 441×
• Carey v. Apfel
  Fifth Circuit· 2000-10-05· cited 402×
• Patrick W. Donahue v. Jo Anne B. Barnhart, Commissioner of Social Security
  Seventh Circuit· 2002-01-25· cited 293×
• John F. Masterson, Jr. v. Jo Anne B. Barnhart, Commissioner of Social Security
  Fifth Circuit· 2002-09-04· cited 280×
• Johnny W. HALL, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Otis R. BOWEN, Secretary of Health and Human Services, Defendant-Appellant
  Sixth Circuit· 1988-01-20· cited 235×
• Alice M. Oldham v. Richard S. Schweiker, Secretary of Health and Human Services, Defendant
  Fifth Circuit· 1981-11-12· cited 168×
• Mary E. EVANS, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Shirley E. CHATER, Commissioner of Social Security, Defendant-Appellee
  Tenth Circuit· 1995-05-19· cited 135×
• Louvenia JENKINS, Appellant, v. Otis R. BOWEN, Secretary of Health and Human Services, Appellee
  Eighth Circuit· 1988-11-23· cited 133×
• Freda R. VAUGHAN, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Donna SHALALA, Defendant-Appellee
  Fifth Circuit· 1995-05-17· cited 97×
• Lewis H. ALLEN, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Otis R. BOWEN, Secretary of Health and Human Services, Defendant-Appellee
  Eleventh Circuit· 1987-05-07· cited 91×
• Betty J. Dellolio v. Margaret M. Heckler, Secretary of Health and Human Services
  Fifth Circuit· 1983-05-19· cited 75×