Lavertue v. Niman’s Empirical Analysis
1985
Citation profile
49 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 49 later decisions — most recently September 2005 · most notably State v. Davis (1994), Moore v. McNamara (1986)
49 state decisions
Later decisions citing this case, by decade. The current decade is in progress, and our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so the latest bars are undercounted — not a real decline.
Relationships
Applies 42 U.S.C. § 602 (§ 402 of the Social Security Act of 1935) · 42 U.S.C. § 651 (§ 451 of the Social Security Act of 1935) · 42 U.S.C. § 654 (§ 454 of the Social Security Act of 1935)
Relies on Mathews v. Eldridge · Boddie v. Connecticut · Lassiter v. Department of Social Services of Durham County North Carolina · Commissioner v. Engle · United States v. S.A. Empresa de Viacao Aerea Rio Grandense
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 49 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“Counsel would alert the defendant of his right to have blood tests performed, advise him about the kinds of tests available and inform him of the procedures that must be followed to obtain accurate results. Counsel would also be able to challenge test results submitted by the state. An attorney would develop defenses independent of the blood test evidence, such as lack of access to the mother or the existence of another potential father. . . . An attorney would conduct discovery, counsel the defendant on the possibility of reaching a pretrial settlement, subpoena witnesses and conduct cross-examination. The record in this case discloses the likelihood that a pro se defendant’s own inartful questioning and failure to obtain witnesses will substantially impair the truth-finding function of the trial court.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Carroll v. Moore“The test that governs the due process right to court-appointed counsel is whether the absence of counsel deprives an indigent defendant of “ ‘fundamental fairness.’ ”... That test, in turn, involves an analysis of three separate factors: “the private interests at stake, the government’s interest, and the risk that the procedures used will lead to erroneous decisions.””
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Carroll v. Moore“It is in the child's interest not only to have it adjudicated that some man is his or her father and thus liable for support, but to have some assurance that the correct person has been so identified.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
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.