Masterson v. Barnhart’s Empirical Analysis

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19 federal appellate · 7 district ·

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

1. “[s]ome medical evidence must support the determination of the claimant's RFC, ... the ALJ is not limited to considering [only the] medical evidence.”

   5 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 592 F. Supp. 2d 1100 - Hartman v. Astrue · 906 F. Supp. 2d 866 - Denhoff v. Astrue

2. “The Commissioner must determine a claimant's RFC based on all of the relevant evidence, including the medical records, observations of treating physicians and others, and an individual's own description of his limitations”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 331 F. Supp. 2d 772 - McCray v. Barnhart · 678 F. Supp. 2d 947 - Branson v. Astrue

3. “lifting no more than 20 pounds at a time with frequent lifting or carrying of objects weighing up to 10 pounds. Even though the weight lifted may be very little, a job is in this category when it requires a good deal of walking or standing, or when it involves sitting most of the time with some pushing and pulling of arm or leg controls. To be considered capable of performing a full or wide range of light work, you must have the ability to do substantially all of these activities.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Combs v. Berryhill