Kelley v. Kelley’s Empirical Analysis
1977
Citation profile
2 federal appellate · 1 district · 2 state decisions
Relationships
Applies 28 U.S.C. § 1331 · 28 U.S.C. § 1346 (Federal Tort Claims Act) · 28 U.S.C. § 1441 · 28 U.S.C. § 1442 · 28 U.S.C. § 1447 · 42 U.S.C. § 652 (§ 452 of the Social Security Act of 1935) · 42 U.S.C. § 659 (§ 459 of the Social Security Act of 1935) · 42 U.S.C. § 660 (§ 460 of the Social Security Act of 1935)
Relies on United States v. Sherwood · Affiliated Ute Citizens of Utah v. United States · McMahon v. United States · 408 F. Supp. 315 - Morrison v. Morrison · Popple v. United States
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 9 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““Notwithstanding any other provision of law, effective January 1, 1975, moneys (the entitlement to which is based upon remuneration for employment) due from, or payable by, the United States (including any agency or instrumentality thereof and any wholly owned Federal corporation) to any individual, including members of the armed services, shall be subject, in like manner and to the same extent as if the United States were a private person, to legal process brought for the enforcement, against such individual of his legal obligations to provide child support or make alimony payments.””
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Crawley v. Crawley
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.