Mary Ruth Smith v. Shirley S. Chater, Commissioner of Social Security
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They applied its substantial evidence standard or its rule that weighing evidence and resolving conflicts belong to the administrative law judge. The later orders that used the word “overruled” were ruling on parties’ objections, not on Smith.
45 later cases cite Mary Ruth Smith v. Shirley S. Chater, Commissioner of Social Security; 45 of those citations sat close to treatment language and were flagged for reading, and all of them have been read. Citations that did not sit near treatment language were not flagged and were not read one by one, so a court that weakened this case without using any of that language would not appear here.
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No reviewed court has overruled or limited this case.
Every one of the 45 flagged citations was read, and each turned out to be something other than adverse treatment: a routine application, a party's argument the court rejected, or the case itself discussing older law. That reading is the finding this page exists to report.
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