Doe v. Schmidt’s Empirical Analysis
1971
Citation profile
2 federal appellate · 1 district ·
Relationships
Applies 28 U.S.C. § 1343 · 28 U.S.C. § 2281 · 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (Civil Rights Act of 1871 / Section 1983 (Ku Klux Klan Act)) · 42 U.S.C. § 601 (§ 401 of the Social Security Act of 1935) · 42 U.S.C. § 602 (§ 402 of the Social Security Act of 1935) · 42 U.S.C. § 606 (§ 406 of the Social Security Act of 1935)
Relies on Mapp v. Ohio · Dandridge v. Williams · Griswold v. State of Connecticut · Boyd v. United States · Meyer v. State of Nebraska
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 4 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““49.19 Aid to families with dependent children. * * * -x- * * (4) The aid shall be granted only upon the following conditions: * -X- * * -X- * (d) Aid may be granted to the mother or stepmother of a dependent child if she is without a husband unless she: -X * -X -X -X * (2) Is the wife of a husband who has been sentenced to a penal institution;””
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority““. . . the nature of the absence is such as either to interrupt or to terminate the parent’s functioning as a provider of maintenance. If these conditions exist, the parent may be absent for any reason, and he may have left recently or sometime previously.” 45 CFR § 233.90 (c)(1) (iii) (emphasis added).”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority““ . . . who has been deprived of parental support or care by reason of the death, continued absence from the home or incapacity of a parent or the unemployment of his father and who is living with . . . [one of a number of enumerated relatives]” § 49.19(1) (a), Wis.Stats.1971.”
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.