Kasey v. Richardson’s Empirical Analysis
1971
Citation profile
4 federal appellate · 1 district · 1 state decisions
Relationships
Applies 42 U.S.C. § 402 (§ 202 of the Social Security Act of 1935) · 42 U.S.C. § 405 (§ 205 of the Social Security Act of 1935) · 42 U.S.C. § 416 (§ 216 of the Social Security Act of 1935)
Relies on Domozik v. Cohen · Easley v. Finch · McClaugherty v. McClaugherty · Offield v. Davis · William C. Grove, Sr., and Rozalia Miller, Administratrix of the Estate of William C. Grove, Jr., Deceased v. Metropolitan Life Insurance Company
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 9 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“In determining whether an applicant is the child . . . of a fully and currently insured individual . . ., the Secretary shall apply such law as would be applied in determining the devolution of intestate personal property by the courts of the State in which such insured individual . . . was domiciled at the time of his death . . ..”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Kasey v. Richardson
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.