165 Pa. Commw. 417 - Simmons v. Snider’s Empirical Analysis
1994
Citation profile
1 state decisions
Relationships
Applies 42 U.S.C. § 401 (§ 201 of the Social Security Act of 1935)
Relies on Pocono International Raceway, Inc. v. Pocono Produce, Inc. · Nesbitt v. Erie Coach Co. · Molineux v. Reed · Com., Dept. of Public Wel. v. Uec, Inc. · 134 Pa. Commw. 494 - Keenheel v. Commonwealth, Pennsylvania Securities Commission
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 2 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“(1) without statutory authority, DPW practiced a policy of nonreimbursement of the legal fee portions benefitting DPW. (2) It never published any statement of this negative policy. (3) DPW stipulates that it did not grant hearings on reimbursement issues. (4) DPW’s refund notice unnecessarily curtailed class members’ filing time and directed class members to local DPW agencies which, in practice, asserted that reimbursement matters are not actually handled by local DPW agencies but by the Board of Claims. (5) DPW eorrespond-ed directly with class members regardless of whether the class members had an attorney of record.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Howard v. Mendez
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.