Moon v. Colvin’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

6 federal appellate ·

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

1. “ALJs are required to rely on expert opinions instead of determining the significance of particular medical findings themselves.”

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

2. “[T]he ALJ was required to determine [the claimant's] 'residual functional capacity' at step four.”

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

3. “does not mean that we scour the record for supportive evidence or rack our brains for reasons to uphold the ALJ's decision. Rather, the administrative law judge must identify the relevant evidence and build a 'logical bridge' between that evidence and the ultimate determination.”

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