Lofton v. Schweiker’s Empirical Analysis

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11 federal appellate · 8 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 42 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. ““In most cases that involve an impairment that is not severe, the vocational evaluation guides can be applied as efficiently as can the nonsevere impairment principle. Most cases of this kind do not require extensive investigation of a person’s vocational background in order to evaluate them under the vocational guidelines. We can decide many cases of this type on the basis that a person can return to his or her most recent occupation.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Chico v. Schweiker

2. “[T]he issue of claimant’s ability to control his or her use of alcohol becomes crucial only after it is determined that the claimant’s condition does in fact reflect a sufficiently severe impairment resulting from alcoholism to be deemed disabling within the meaning of the Act.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 931 F. Supp. 840 - Holley v. Chater

3. “Under the applicable regulations of the Secretary, such a finding is sufficient to support a denial of Social Security disability benefits even though no specific inquiry is made concerning a claimant's ability to perform his past relevant work.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Brady v. Heckler