Roberts v. Harder’s Empirical Analysis
440 F.2d 1229 · 1971
Citation profile
3 federal appellate · 1 district ·
Relationships
Applies 28 U.S.C. § 1343
Relies on Hague v. Committee for Industrial Organization · Clarence Eisen v. Oliver C. Eastman · Rosado v. Wyman · Tichon v. Harder · Johnson v. Harder
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 6 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[sjince welfare cases by their very nature involve people at a bare subsistence level, disputes over the correct amounts payable are treated not merely as involving property rights, but some sort of right to exist in society, a personal right under the Stone \_Hague] formula, [emphasis added].”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Linnane v. Betit
How this case has been treated — in progress
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