Moore v. Astrue’s Empirical Analysis

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5 federal appellate ·

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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. “substantial evidence supports the ALJ's phrasing of the hypothetical to the vocational expert, and there was no conflict between the vocational expert's testimony and the DOT, the ALJ properly relied on the testimony.”

   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

2. “'to simple one- or two-step instructions' or otherwise indicate that Moore could perform only occupations at a [Dictionary] Level 1 reasoning level.”

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

3. “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