Ramirez v. Barnhart’s Empirical Analysis

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10 federal appellate · 9 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 67 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “Of course, [we said,] there may be a valid explanation for this omission from the ALJ's hypothetical. For example, the ALJ may have concluded that the deficiency in pace was so minimal or negligible that, even though [the claimant] "often" suffered from this deficiency, it would not limit her ability to perform simple tasks under a production quota.”

   4 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Hess v. Comm'r Soc. Sec. · Durden v. Colvin

2. “[m]any employers require a certain output level from their employees over a given amount of time, and an individual with deficiencies in pace might be able to perform simple tasks, but not over an extended period of time.”

   3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Hess v. Comm'r Soc. Sec. · Sawyer v. Berryhill

3. “requires a more detailed assessment [of the areas of functional limitation] by itemizing various functions contained in the broad [functional limitation] categories[.]”

   3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Hess v. Comm'r Soc. Sec. · Brunson v. Astrue