Varga v. Colvin’s Empirical Analysis

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9 federal appellate · 1 district · 2 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 46 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “repeatedly rejected the notion that a hypothetical ... confining the claimant to simple, routine tasks and limited interactions with others adequately captures temperamental deficiencies and limitations in concentration, persistence, and pace.”

   5 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. DeCamp v. Berryhill · Jozefyk v. Berryhill

2. “both the hypothetical posed to the VE and the ALJ's RFC assessment must incorporate all of the claimant's limitations supported by the medical record.”

   4 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Winsted v. Berryhill · Burmester v. Berryhill

3. “[w]ithout such a definition, it would have been impossible for the VE to assess whether a person with [plaintiff's] limitations could maintain the pace proposed.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 307 F. Supp. 3d 865 - Minger v. Berryhill