Hassan v. Wright’s Empirical Analysis
45 F.3d 1063 · 1995
Citation profile
3 federal appellate · 2 district · 1 state decisions
Relationships
Applies 42 U.S.C. § 602 (§ 402 of the Social Security Act of 1935) · 42 U.S.C. § 651 (§ 451 of the Social Security Act of 1935) · 42 U.S.C. § 654 (§ 454 of the Social Security Act of 1935) · 42 U.S.C. § 657 (§ 457 of the Social Security Act of 1935)
Relies on Dandridge v. Williams · Joshua Deshaney, a Minor, by His Guardian Ad Litem, and Melody Deshaney,s v. Winnebago County Department of Social Services, et al. · Rust v. Sullivan · Ross v. United States · Green III v. Whiteco Industries Inc J
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 11 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“classification is irrational, invidious, or otherwise predicated on impermissible criteria: “If the government classification relates to a proper governmental purpose, then the classification will be upheld____ Those who are treated less favorably by the legislation are not denied equal protection of the law because they are not similarly situated to those who receive the benefit of the legislative classification.””
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“[W]hen reviewing class distinctions drawn in social legislation not pertaining to a fundamental right or a suspect class, our review is [therefore] limited to determining whether the statute is rationally related to legitimate legislative goals.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“protecting the fisc provides a rational basis for [the state's] line drawing in this instance.”
1 later decision 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.