Page v. Astrue’s Empirical Analysis

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6 federal appellate · 3 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 70 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “The sequential evaluation process may be terminated at step two only when the claimant's impairment or combination of impairments would have no more than a minimal impact on [his or] her ability to work.”

   4 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 708 F. Supp. 2d 941 - Rosa v. Astrue · 669 F. Supp. 2d 991 - GRBA-CRAGHEAD v. Astrue

2. “properly assume that the expert framed his answers based on the factors the ALJ told him to take into account.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Courtney v. Comm'r, Soc. Sec. Admin. · Chantel Courtney v. Commissioner, Social Security

3. “`based on all the relevant evidence, including medical records, observations of treating physicians and others, and [claimant's] own description of her limitations.'”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Gordon v. Astrue