Johnson v. Astrue’s Empirical Analysis
628 F.3d 991 · 2011
Citation profile
4 federal appellate · 2 district ·
Relationships
Applies 28 U.S.C. § 636 · 42 U.S.C. § 423 (§ 223 of the Social Security Act of 1935)
Relies on Polaski v. Heckler · Dennis W. Pearsall v. Larry Massanari, Acting Commissioner of Social Security · Wagner v. Astrue · Pate-Fires v. Astrue · Gude v. Sullivan
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 14 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“consists of a series of check marks assessing residual functional capacity, a determination the ALJ must make, which are conclusory opinions that may be discounted if contradicted by other objective medical evidence in the record.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“if, and only if, it 'is well-supported by medically acceptable clinical and laboratory diagnostic techniques and is not inconsistent with the other substantial evidence.'”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
How this case has been treated — in progress
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