Smith v. Vowell’s Empirical Analysis
1974
Citation profile
8 federal appellate · 2 district · 4 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 22 later decisions — most recently November 1997
8 federal appellate · 2 district · 4 state decisions
Later decisions citing this case, by decade. The current decade is in progress, and our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so the latest bars are undercounted — not a real decline.
Relationships
Applies 28 U.S.C. § 1343 · 28 U.S.C. § 2201 · 42 U.S.C. § 1302 (§ 1102 of the Social Security Act of 1935) · 42 U.S.C. § 1396 (§ 1900 of the Social Security Act of 1935) · 42 U.S.C. § 1396A (§ 1902 of the Social Security Act of 1935) · 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (Civil Rights Act of 1871 / Section 1983 (Ku Klux Klan Act))
Relies on Abbott Laboratories v. Gardner · Edelman v. Jordan · Baker v. Carr · Goldberg v. Kelly · Monroe v. Pape
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.
“A fortiori, it is clear that the Secretary of HEW has determined the instant regulation to be necessary to the administration of the program, for the obvious (and common sense) reason that needy [sic] will not be able to obtain necessary and timely medical care if they are without the means of getting to the providers of the service.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage““This court cannot conceive of any other meaning for ‘be in effect’ than its plain meaning that it shall be in existence, operational and functioning ... We believe it to be essential to the proper interpretation of the Social Security Act to employ a natural reading which produces a harmonious result consistent with its legislative history and its remedial character. ... The approach here advocated by defendants would simply make a mockery of the Social Security Act.....””
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Christy v. Ibarra“We read the language of the instant regulation ... as being clear and unambiguous in its command____ [T]he State does not have to “stipulate in advance” every possible mode of transportation since the situation will necessarily differ with each individual. Nevertheless, the command of the language is unmistakable — there must be some inclusive description of the primary modes of transportation that can reasonably be contemplated to be utilized.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Harris v. James
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.