Morgan v. Barnhart, Comm’s Empirical Analysis
2005
Citation profile
1 district ·
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Applies 28 U.S.C. § 1291 · 42 U.S.C. § 423 (§ 223 of the Social Security Act of 1935)
Relies on Richardson v. Perales · 15161b v. Dar a Smolen · Laws v. Celebrezze · Ngarurih v. Ashcroft · Sprague v. Bowen
Most-quoted passages
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“provide a detailed, longitudinal picture of [the claimant’s] medical impairment(s) [which] may bring a unique perspective to the medical evidence that cannot be obtained from the objective medical findings alone or from reports of individual examinations, such as consultative examinations or brief hospitalizations.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the concurrencee.g. Emrich v. Colvin“The ALJ is not free, however, simply to ignore a treating physician's legal conclusions, but must instead 'evaluate all the evidence in the case record to determine the extent to which [the treating physician's legal conclusion] is supported by the record.’”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“ALJ is under no obligation to give a treating physician's legal conclusions any heightened evi-dentiary value.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
How this case has been treated — in progress
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