Scharff v. Frank’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

2 federal appellate · 4 district ·

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

1. “If [the Postal Service]'s assessment of [Partlow]'s limitation on lifting and carrying [is] substantially correct, [he] would be unable to perform approximately half of the jobs in the local economy[,] for he would be restricted to light or medium work.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Partlow v. Runyon

2. “the inquiry [of who is handicapped] is, of necessity, an individualized one — whether a particular impairment constitutes a significant barrier to employment for a particular person”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Partlow v. Runyon

3. “[t]he plaintiff would be precluded from performing a wide range of jobs if her ability to perform tasks was limited in the manner described by [the examining physician].”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Partlow v. Runyon