Shea v. Vialpando’s Empirical Analysis
1974
Citation profile
149 federal appellate · 84 district · 139 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 546 later decisions (33 by the Supreme Court) — most recently March 2014 · most notably Pennhurst State School and Hospital v. Halderman (1981), Maher v. Gagne (1980)
149 federal appellate · 84 district · 139 state decisions — followed in 23 states
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.
Appellate journey
reviewedHerself v. Shea (from Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals)
Relationships
Relies on Udall v. Tallman · Dandridge v. Williams · Hagans v. Lavine · Red Lion Broadcasting Co. v. Federal Communications Commission · Rosado v. Wyman
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 546 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“are given broad discretion in determining both the standard of need and the level of benefits[,]”
27 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“maximum or absolute limitation [of $75] upon the recognition of expenses,”
11 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. D'EWART v. Neibauer · Asada v. Sunn“A state plan must .. . [p]rovide that for purposes of disregarding earned income the agency policies will include: (i) A definition of “earned income” in accordance with the provisions of paragraphs (a)(6)(iii) through (viii) of this section ... (iv) With reference to commissions, wages, or salary, the term “earned income” means the total amount, irrespective of personal expenses, such as income-tax deductions, lunches, and transportation to and from work, and irrespective of expenses of employment which are not personal, such as the cost of tools, materials, special uniforms, or transportation to call on customers. (v) With respect to self-employment, the term “earned income” means the total profit from business enterprise, farming, etc., resulting from a comparison of the gross income received with the “business expenses,” i.e., total cost of the production of the income. Personal expenses, such as income tax payments, lunches, and transportation to and from work are not classified as business expenses.”
6 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
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.