263 F. Supp. 184 - Weiss v. Gardner’s Empirical Analysis
1966
Citation profile
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Applies 42 U.S.C. § 410 (§ 210 of the Social Security Act of 1935) · 42 U.S.C. § 426 (§ 226 of the Social Security Act of 1935)
Relies on National Association for Advancement of Colored People v. State of Alabama Patterson · Dombrowski v. Pfister · Thornhill v. Alabama · Shelton v. Tucker · Massachusetts v. Mellon
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 3 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““In connection with my application for hospital insurance entitlement I certify that I am not now, and during the last 12 months have not been a member of any organization which is required to register under the Internal Security Act of 1950, as amended, as a Communist-action organization, a Communist-front organization, or a Communist-infiltrated organization.” 1”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Frankel v. Gardner““The plaintiffs contend, however, that Section 103(b) is unconstitutional on its face. If so, laxity in its enforcement would not make the statute constitutional.””
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
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.