408 F. Supp. 2d 28 - Brown v. Barnhart’s Empirical Analysis

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15 district ·

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

1. “Occupational evidence provided by a [vocational expert] generally should be consistent with the occupational information supplied by the DOT. When there is an apparent unresolved conflict between [vocational expert] evidence and the DOT, the adjudicator must elicit a reasonable explanation for the conflict before relying on the [vocational expert] evidence to support a determination or decision about whether the claimant is disabled. At the hearing level, as part of the adjudicator’s duty to fully develop the record, the adjudicator will inquire, on the record, as to whether or not there is such consistency.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 537 F. Supp. 2d 75 - Banks v. ASTURE · 710 F. Supp. 2d 95 - Turner v. Astrue

2. “Even if SSR 00-4p places an affirmative duty on the judge, such a procedural requirement would not necessarily bestow upon a plaintiff the right of automatic remand where that duty was unmet. Such an automatic right on a purely technical ground where there is otherwise substantial evidence to support the SSA’s findings of fact would be contrary to the deference due the SSA.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 537 F. Supp. 2d 75 - Banks v. ASTURE