Boucher v. Minter’s Empirical Analysis
1972
Citation profile
7 federal appellate · 4 district · 5 state decisions
Relationships
Applies 28 U.S.C. § 1331 · 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)
Relies on Dandridge v. Williams · Rosado v. Wyman · King v. Smith · Jefferson v. Hackney · Lewis v. Martin
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 22 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““Although she has become a member of her new husband’s family, the mother remains the head of a family, distinct for purposes of AFDC, comprised of herself and her children and is no less logical a conduit for shelter payments for the children if they in fact remain in need. That family unit remains unchanged since the stepfather does not join it in law; and if he does not join it in fact, by economic participation in its expenses, there is no basis in' law or fact for an irrebuttable presumption that the shelter needs of the children have not continued despite the remarriage.””
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Hurley v. Van Lare
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.