McKinnie v. Barnhart’s Empirical Analysis

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8 federal appellate · 1 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 23 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “an ALJ may depend on expert testimony only if the testimony is reliable”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Purdy v. Berryhill · Chavez v. Berryhill

2. “[i]f the basis of the vocational expert's conclusions is questioned at the hearing ... then the ALJ should make an inquiry (similar though not necessarily identical to that of Rule 702 ) to find out whether the purported expert's conclusions are reliable.”

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

3. “A vocational expert is free to give a bottom line, but the data and reasoning underlying that bottom line must be available on demand if the claimant challenges the foundation of the vocational expert's opinions.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Krell v. Saul