Mascio v. Colvin’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

7 federal appellate · 6 district · 1 state decisions

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

1. “a narrative discussion describing how the evidence supports each”

   8 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Woods v. Berryhill · Thomas v. Berryhill

2. “[T]he ALJ asks at step one whether the claimant has been working; at step two, whether the claimant’s medical impairments meet the regulations’ severity and duration requirements; at step three, whether the medical impairments meet or equal an impairment listed in the regulations; at step four, whether the claimant can perform her past work given the limitations caused by her medical impairments; and at step five, whether the claimant can perform other work.”

   5 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Monroe v. Colvin · Woods v. Berryhill

3. “After careful consideration of the evidence, the undersigned finds that the claimant’s medially determinable impairments could reasonably be expected to cause the alleged symptoms; however, the claimant’s statements concerning the intensity, persistence and limiting effects of these symptoms are not credible to the extent they are inconsistent with the above residual functional capacity assessment. This conclusion is based on the evidence analyzed above as well as the following considerations. (Emphasis added).”

   4 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Woods v. Berryhill · Bynum v. Colvin