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· 8/10/2011

Weatherbee v. Astrue

Citations

  • 649 F.3d 565
  • 2011 U.S. App. LEXIS 16416
  • 2011 WL 3506107

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • concluding that 140,000 jobs in the national economy was “well above the threshold for significance”
  • finding that 3,900 jobs in the regional economy and 140,000 jobs in the national economy were a significant number
  • finding that the availability of 140,000 jobs nationally was “well above the threshold for significance” without identifying the threshold
  • stating that 140,000 jobs is “well above the threshold for significance”
  • “Ruling 00-4p requires ALJs to investigate and resolve any apparent conflict between the VE's testimony and the DOT.”
  • requiring the ALJ to ask whether the VE’s testimony conflicts with the DOT and investigate and resolve apparent conflicts

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Judges: Cudahy, Manion, Hamilton

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