Warf v. Shalala’s Empirical Analysis
1994
Citation profile
1 district ·
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Applies 42 U.S.C. § 1381 (§ 1601 of the Social Security Act of 1935) · 42 U.S.C. § 1383 (§ 1631 of the Social Security Act of 1935) · 42 U.S.C. § 405 (§ 205 of the Social Security Act of 1935)
Relies on Richardson v. Perales · Laws v. Celebrezze · Mitchell v. Schweiker · English v. Shalala
Most-quoted passages
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“[T]o hold that the DOT “definitional requirements” are binding on the ALJ would lead to the absurd result of rendering anyone who is illiterate unqualified and unable to perform any of the jobs in the DOT. A common sense approach to the problem illustrates this point. Before his arm injury, [claimant] was an electrician’s helper which under the DOT requires a language level of two, the same as a flagger. Clearly, illiteracy does not in and of itself disable [claimant] from performing any number of jobs in the national economy. The faceless bureaucrats who formulated these “definitional requirements” have clearly evidenced their fear of the spec-tre of the obvious by propagating illogical and unrealistic criteria for the most basic of vocations.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Lawson v. Apfel
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