Keck v. Harris’s Empirical Analysis
2004
Citation profile
3 state decisions
Relationships
Applies 42 U.S.C. § 667 (§ 467 of the Social Security Act of 1935)
Relies on Curtiss-Wright Corporation v. General Electric Company · Rose v. Rose · Horne v. Drachman · Georgia Farm Bureau Mutual Insurance v. Wall · Georgia Department of Human Resources v. Sweat
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.
“[b]efore a state law governing domestic relations will be overridden, it must do major damage to clear and substantial federal interests”
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.