130 F. Supp. 65 - Colbert v. Hobby’s Empirical Analysis
1955
Citation profile
10 federal appellate · 3 district ·
Relationships
Applies 42 U.S.C. § 402 (§ 202 of the Social Security Act of 1935) · 42 U.S.C. § 405 (§ 205 of the Social Security Act of 1935)
Relies on United States v. American Trucking Associations · Fawcus Mach Co v. United States · Commissioner of Internal Revenue v. Wheeler · United States v. Lalone · 128 F. Supp. 609 - Stuart v. Hobby
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 17 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““It was the view of the District Court that it was not necessary for plaintiff to show a support order enforceable against the wage earner at the time of his death; that it was sufficient that a wage earner had been ordered to contribute to plaintiff’s support during his life time. In holding this view, the District Court was clearly in error.””
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority““It is a benefit that flows from suffering a statutorily identifiable economic detriment, and is not necessarily or entirely dependent upon marital status.””
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Jacobsen v. Folsom
How this case has been treated — in progress
Whether each later court followed, distinguished, criticized, or overruled this decision. The treatment classification (task #35) runs highest-cited cases first and lights up here as it reaches this one.