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7 canonical passages across 7 cases, quoted by 68 opinions in total. These passages cluster together because the same opinions keep quoting them side by side: they state parts of one doctrine. The anchor passage is from Liza Strongson v. Jo Anne B. Barnhart, Commissioner of Social Security.

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1 Liza Strongson v. Jo Anne B. Barnhart, Commissioner of Social Security Anchor
ca8 · 2004
green “need not explicitly discuss each polaski factor.” 18
2 Jana Turpin v. Carolyn W. Colvin
ca8 · 2014
green “if it is supported by substantial evidence, which does not require a preponderance of the evidence but only enough that a reasonable mind would find it adequate to support the decision, and the commissioner applied the correct legal standards.” 13
3 Walker v. Colvin
moed · 2015
green “while the extent of daily living activities does not alone show an ability to work, such activities may be considered along with other evidence when evaluating a claimant's credibility.” 10
4 Janet Chesser v. Nancy A. Berryhill
ca8 · 2017
green “good reasons for assigning lesser weight to the opinion of a treating source exist where the treating physician's opinions are themselves inconsistent, or where other medical assessments are supported by better or more thorough medical evidence.” 8
5 Geneva Northcutt v. Joseph Califano, Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare of the United States
ca8 · 1978
green “although evidence of pain suffered by a claimant may be of necessity subjective in nature, and therefore difficult to evaluate, the alj must give serious consideration to such evidence even though it is not fully corroborated by objective examinations and tests performed on the …” 7
6 Evelyn LAYTON, Appellant, v. Margaret HECKLER, Secretary of Health and Human Services, Appellee
ca8 · 1984
green “whether or not a medical explanation for the pain can be given, it is nevertheless possible that the claimant is suffering from disabling pain.” 7
7 John W. RAUTIO, Appellant, v. Otis R. BOWEN, Secretary of United States Department of Health and Human Services, Appellee
ca8 · 1989
green “the alj properly included only those limitations supported by the record as a whole in the hypothetical.” 5

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