Baker v. Sterling’s Empirical Analysis
1976
Citation profile
14 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 22 later decisions — most recently May 1998
14 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.
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.
“this fund can never be considered “money or property in excess of his reasonable requirements.” This is not true of medical expenses which have been paid by another____ [Ojnce the expenses have been paid by the Department____ this portion of the award must be considered “excess” funds within the meaning of- the statute.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage“(a) A State plan for medical assistance must— (18) provide that no lien may be imposed against the property of any individual prior to his death on account of medical assistance paid or to be paid on his behalf under the plan (except pursuant to the judgment of a court on account of benefits incorrectly paid on behalf of such individual), and that there shall be no adjustment or recovery (except, in the case of an individual who was 65 years of age or older when he received such assistance, from his estate, and then only after the death of his surviving spouse, if any, and only at a time when he has no surviving child who is under age 21 or (with respect to States eligible to participate in the State program established under subchapter XVI of this Chapter), is blind or permanently and totally disabled, or is blind or disabled as defined in section 1382c of this Title (with respect to States which are not eligible to participate in such program)) of any medical assistance correctly paid on behalf of such individual under the plan.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
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.