Thompson v. Harris’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

2 federal appellate ·

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. “. . . Disregard of a claimant’s subjective complaints of pain, however, is not justified solely because there exists no objective evidence in support of such complaints. Here claimant’s testimony of pain and disability has been corroborated by her husband and other lay witnesses. The evidence shows that the claimant, prior to her disability, had been a good worker, doing heavy work at various jobs in the garment factory. There is no finding or evidence that suggests she is malingering or not telling the truth. Id. at 166 .”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 518 F. Supp. 751 - Duncan v. Harris

2. “The defendant refers to Acevedo Ramirez v. Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare, 550 F.2d 1286 (1st Cir. 1977), holding that a finding discrediting claimant’s subjective testimony as to his pain need not be explicit. No doubt this is the law in the First Circuit, but it is not the law here.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 518 F. Supp. 751 - Duncan v. Harris