Smith v. Astrue

How courts have described this case

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

• explaining that district-court decisions, whether published in the Federal Supplement books or not, are not binding
• noting that a court may consider whether the application of persuasive authority would lead to an absurd or inequitable result
• “like judges throughout the Sixth Circuit, this court regularly discusses nonprecedential decisions when they can illuminate an issue.”
• “like judges throughout the Sixth Circuit, this court regularly discusses nonprecedential decisions when they can illuminate an issue.”
• “[U]npublished decisions of the Sixth Circuit do not bind anyone except the parties to those particular cases . . . .”
• “like judges throughout the Sixth Circuit, this court regularly discusses nonprecedential decisions when they can illuminate an issue.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

6 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Naiser v. Unilever United States, Inc.
  W.D. Kentucky· 2013-09-30· cited 35×
• State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance v. Warren Chiropractic & Rehab Clinic, P.C.
  E.D. Michigan· 2016-05-11· cited 17×
• Nationwide Mut. Fire Ins. Co. v. Hatton
  E.D. Kentucky· 2019-01-11· cited 11×
• Peguese v. PNC Bank, N.A.
  E.D. Michigan· 2015-05-06· cited 6×
• Edwards v. Commissioner of Social Security
  W.D. Michigan· 2009-09-10· cited 1×
• Sleight v. Commissioner of Social Security
  E.D. Michigan· 2012-06-04

Cites

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

• Thomas v. Arn
  Supreme Court· 1986-01-27· cited 28,671×
• Richardson v. Perales
  Supreme Court· 1971-05-03· cited 22,864×
• Bowen v. Yuckert
  Supreme Court· 1987-06-08· cited 9,437×
• United States v. W. R. Walters, United States of America v. Two Hundred Sixty-Two Firearms
  Sixth Circuit· 1981-01-20· cited 6,283×
• Deborah L. Burch v. Jo Anne B. Barnhart, Commissioner of Social Security
  Ninth Circuit· 2005-01-20· cited 4,563×
• Wilkinson v. Dotson
  Supreme Court· 2005-03-07· cited 2,909×
• Pennsylvania v. Ritchie
  Supreme Court· 1987-02-24· cited 2,521×
• Luther D. Mullen v. Otis Bowen, Secretary of Health and Human Services, Richard G. Shepherd v. Otis Bowen, Secretary of Health and Human Services
  Sixth Circuit· 1986-09-02· cited 1,747×
• Clarence WALTERS, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. COMMISSIONER OF SOCIAL SECURITY, Defendant-Appellee
  Sixth Circuit· 1997-10-15· cited 1,715×
• Angela M. Jones v. Commissioner of Social Security
  Sixth Circuit· 2003-07-15· cited 1,437×
• Douglas GARNER, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Margaret M. HECKLER, Secretary of Health and Human Services, Defendant-Appellee
  Sixth Circuit· 1984-10-05· cited 1,334×
• Barbara L. BRAINARD, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. SECRETARY OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, Defendant-Appellee
  Sixth Circuit· 1989-08-07· cited 1,170×
• Keith A. Mira v. Ronald C. Marshall
  Sixth Circuit· 1986-09-29· cited 1,058×
• Ruby E. Heston v. Commissioner of Social Security
  Sixth Circuit· 2001-03-26· cited 929×
• Norbert J. Skarbek v. Jo Anne B. Barnhart
  Seventh Circuit· 2004-12-02· cited 570×
• James Anthony Sweeton v. Robert Brown, Jr.
  Sixth Circuit· 1994-07-01· cited 565×
• Barbara Combs v. Commissioner of Social Security
  Sixth Circuit· 2006-08-16· cited 546×
• John VARLEY, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. SECRETARY OF HEALTH & HUMAN SERVICES, Defendant-Appellee
  Sixth Circuit· 1987-06-02· cited 534×
• Higgs v. Bowen
  Sixth Circuit· 1988-10-28· cited 519×
• People v. Stanaway
  Michigan Supreme Court· 1994-08-29· cited 494×