Ross v. Giardi’s Empirical Analysis
1996
Citation profile
42 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 45 later decisions — most recently October 2018 · most notably Burinskas v. Department of Social Services (1997), Ahern v. Thomas (1999)
42 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. § 1381 (§ 1601 of the Social Security Act of 1935) · 42 U.S.C. § 1382 (§ 1611 of the Social Security Act of 1935) · 42 U.S.C. § 1396 (§ 1900 of the Social Security Act of 1935) · 42 U.S.C. § 1396A (§ 1902 of the Social Security Act of 1935)
Relies on Chevron U. S. A. Inc. v. Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc. · Harris v. McRae · Smith v. Allwright · Schweiker v. Gray Panthers · Filmon v. Florida
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 45 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“The medicaid program, established in 1965 as Title XIX of the Social Security Act, and codified at 42 U.S.C. § 1396 et seq., provid[es] federal financial assistance to States that choose to reimburse certain costs of medical treatment for needy persons. 42 U.S.C. § 1396 et seq. Although states participate voluntarily, a state electing to participate must develop a plan, approved by the secretary of health and human services, containing reasonable standards, for determining eligibility for and the extent of medical assistance. . . . 42 U.S.C. § 1396a (a) (17). Connecticut has elected to participate in the medicaid program and has assigned to the department the task of administering the program. General Statutes § 17-134 (a) et CT Page 10584 seq. (Citations omitted.)”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“virtually impenetrable 'Serbonian bog,’ ” Ross v. Giardi, 237 Conn. 550 , 680 A.2d 113, 116-17 (Sup. 1996), (2) “almost unintelligible to the uninitiated,” Friedman v. Berger, 547 F.2d 724 , 727 n. 7 (2d Cir.1976), and (3) an”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the concurrence“may work to the detriment of relatively unsophisticated individuals or individuals who, because of their medical condition, are not able to expend their excess resources as soon as they incur medical expenses.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the concurrence
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.