Brown v. Richardson’s Empirical Analysis
1973
Citation profile
2 federal appellate · 1 district ·
Relationships
Applies 42 U.S.C. § 1395 (§ 1801 of the Social Security Act of 1935) · 42 U.S.C. § 1395X (§ 1861 of the Social Security Act of 1935) · 42 U.S.C. § 405 (§ 205 of the Social Security Act of 1935)
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 10 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““(a) The term ‘spell of illness’ with respect to any individual means a period of consecutive days— “(1) beginning with the first day (not included in a previous spell of illness) (A) on which such individual is furnished inpatient hospital services or extended care services, and (B) which occurs in a month for which he is entitled to benefits under part A, and “(2) ending with the close of the first period of 60 consecutive days thereafter on each of which he is neither an inpatient of a hospital nor an inpatient of a skilled nursing facility.””
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Eisman v. Mathews“We do not think it is necessary to review at length the Appeals Council’s decision. Suffice it to say that we think their analysis of the Act is correct. While the result may be harsh, we think the Appeals Council properly interpreted the Congressional intent as expressed in the Act. If the result is to be changed, the Act must be amended by Congressional action, not judicial fiat.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
How this case has been treated — in progress
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