Kastner v. Astrue’s Empirical Analysis

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6 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 22 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “Evidence of nerve root compression characterized by neuro-anatomic distribution of pain, limitation of motion of the spine, motor loss (atrophy with associated muscle weakness or muscle weakness) accompanied by sensory or reflex loss and, if there is involvement of the lower back, positive straight-leg raising test.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Plessinger v. Berryhill · Zellweger v. Berryhill

2. “decision lacks evidentiary support or is so poorly articulated as to prevent meaningful review....”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Plessinger v. Berryhill · Taylor v. Berryhill

3. “(1) whether the claimant is currently employed; (2) whether the claimant has a severe impairment; (3) whether the claimant's impairment is one that the Commissioner considers conclusively disabling; (4) if the claimant does not have a conclusively disabling impairment, whether he can perform his past relevant work; and (5) whether the claimant is capable of performing any work in the national economy.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Taylor v. Berryhill