Bennett v. State’s Empirical Analysis
1986
Citation profile
4 federal appellate · 4 state decisions
Relationships
Applies 38 U.S.C. § 3101 · 42 U.S.C. § 301 (§ 1 of the Social Security Act of 1935) · 42 U.S.C. § 407 (§ 207 of the Social Security Act of 1935) · 5 U.S.C. § 8346
Relies on Philpott v. Essex County Welfare Board · Lawrence v. Shaw · Department of Health & Rehabilitative Services v. Davis · In Re Lewis' Estate · Waggoner v. Game Sales Co.
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 12 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“`the [Social Security Act] contain[s] an implied exception to the exemption from legal process when the State provides for the care and maintenance of a beneficiary of social security... funds.'”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage“shall be exempt from the claim of creditors, and shall not be liable to attachment, levy, or seizure by or under any legal or equitable process whatever, either before or after receipt by the beneficiary.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Bennett v. Arkansas“none of the moneys paid or payable . . . under [the Social Security Act] shall be subject to execution, levy, attachment, garnishment, or other legal process.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Bennett v. Arkansas
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.