Henry v. White’s Empirical Analysis
1973
Citation profile
2 federal appellate · 2 district ·
Relationships
Applies 28 U.S.C. § 1343 · 42 U.S.C. § 301 (§ 1 of the Social Security Act of 1935) · 42 U.S.C. § 302 (§ 2 of the Social Security Act of 1935)
Relies on Dandridge v. Williams · San Antonio Independent School District v. Rodriguez · McGowan v. State of Maryland Gallagher · Reed v. Reed · Weber v. Aetna Casualty & Surety 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 4 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“welfare offices in every other city of comparable size (save one) and in numerous smaller cities.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Andrews v. Maher“the selection of Norwalk for an office closing bears the requisite rational relationship”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Andrews v. Maher“more recent cases suggest that the rational relationship test is alive and well.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Doe v. Norton
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.