Cline v. Sullivan’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

28 federal appellate · 18 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 165 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “[a]ny system of administrative adjudication which would attach determinative weight to appearances would be fraught with the potential for manipulation because outward manifestations of pain can easily be contrived by a calculating claimant, or suppressed by a hardy claimant.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Miller v. Sullivan · Carradine v. Barnhart

2. “ability merely to perform the limited service of pouring coffee or removing the excess plates from a table on an occasional basis does not compel a conclusion that a claimant is capable of performing the full range of sedentary work on a sustained basis.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Victoria A. Howard v. Larry Massanari, Acting Commissioner, Social Security Administration, 1 · Vicki Banks v. Larry G. Massanari, 1 Commissioner of Social Security Commission

3. “ability to perform the requisite physical tasks of employment on a daily basis.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 692 F. Supp. 2d 1088 - Pogue v. Astrue · Salts v. Sullivan