Miller v. Youakim’s Empirical Analysis
1979
Citation profile
208 federal appellate · 33 district · 49 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 486 later decisions (13 by the Supreme Court) — most recently December 2024 · most notably Maine v. Thiboutot (1980), Chapman v. Houston Welfare Rights Organization (1979)
208 federal appellate · 33 district · 49 state decisions — followed in 13 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
reviewedYouakim v. Miller (from Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals)
Relationships
Relies on Udall v. Tallman · United States v. American Trucking Associations · Hagans v. Lavine · Red Lion Broadcasting Co. v. Federal Communications Commission · King v. Smith
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 486 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“(T) he construction of a statute by those charged with its execution should be followed unless there are compelling indications that it is wrong.”
6 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“The term “case plan” means a written document which includes at least the following: A description of the type of home or institution in which a child is to be placed, including a discussion of the appropriateness of the placement and how the agency which is responsible for the child plans to carry out the voluntary placement agreement entered into or judicial determination made with respect to the child in accordance with section 672(a)(1) of this title; and a plan for assuring that the child receives proper care and that services are provided to the parents, child, and foster parents in order to improve the conditions in the parents’ home, facilitate return of the child to his own home or the permanent placement of the child, and address the needs of the child while in foster care, including a discussion of the appropriateness of the services that have been provided to the child under the plan. Where appropriate, for a child age 16 or over, the case plan must also include a written description of the programs and services which will help such child prepare for the transition from foster care to independent living. The term "case review system” means a procedure for assuring that— (A) each child has a case plan designed to achieve placement in the least restrictive (most family like) setting available and in close proximity to the parents’ home, consistent with the best interest and special needs of the child, (B) the status of each child is reviewed periodically but no less”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“The interpretation of a statute by an agency charged with its enforcement is a substantial factor to be considered in construing the statute.”
2 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.