Sabol v. Derwinski’s Empirical Analysis

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The sentences later courts lift from this opinion, ranked by how many decisions quote each — the parts of the opinion doing the work. These counts are smaller than the citation total above because most of the 3 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “Ability to establish or maintain effective or favorable relationships with people is substantially impaired. By reason of psychoneurotic symptoms the reliability, flexibility and efficiency levels are so reduced as to result in severe industrial impairment.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Cleary v. Principi

2. “Ability to establish and maintain effective or favorable relationships with people is seriously impaired. The psy-choneurotic symptoms are of such severity and persistence that there is a pronounced impairment in the ability to obtain or retain employment.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Cleary v. Principi