Wilson v. Colvin’s Empirical Analysis

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Most-quoted passages

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 4 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “a reason ... that relies on a mischaracterization of the record cannot be a good reason [for disregarding a treating source's opinion].”

   4 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Smith v. Comm'r of Soc. Sec. · Vay v. Comm'r of Soc. Sec.

2. “established that [the claimant] could not have 'significantly impaired concentration and persistence[.]' " Id. at 484-85 . The court noted that "[w]hile [the plaintiff] did testify that he used Sudoku or word puzzles to try to get his mind off his pain, he qualified this by stating that he could only focus on doing a puzzle about 10 to 15 minutes before he became frustrated by his pain.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 330 F. Supp. 3d 913 - Barco v. Comm'r of Soc. Sec. · 335 F. Supp. 3d 472 - Lloyd v. Comm'r of Soc. Sec.

3. “established that [the claimant] could not have 'significantly impaired concentration and persistence[.]'”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 330 F. Supp. 3d 913 - Barco v. Comm'r of Soc. Sec. · 335 F. Supp. 3d 472 - Lloyd v. Comm'r of Soc. Sec.