Harbold v. Richardson’s Empirical Analysis
464 F.2d 1063 · 1972
Citation profile
1 federal appellate ·
Relationships
Applies 18 U.S.C. § 4082 · 42 U.S.C. § 410 (§ 210 of the Social Security Act of 1935) · 42 U.S.C. § 418 (§ 218 of the Social Security Act of 1935) · 42 U.S.C. § 423 (§ 223 of the Social Security Act of 1935)
Relies on Dandridge v. Williams · Flemming v. Nestor · Richardson v. Belcher · Rodriquez v. United States · Helvering v. Davis
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 3 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““In the area of economics and social welfare, a State does not violate the Equal Protection Clause merely because the classifications made by its laws are imperfect. If the classification has some ‘reasonable basis,’ it does not offend the Constitution simply because the classification ‘is not made with mathematical nicety or because in practice it results in some inequality.’ . . . ‘The problems of government are practical ones and may justify, if they do not require, rough accommodations—illogical, it may be, and unscientific.’ ‘A statutory discrimination will not be set aside if any state of facts reasonably may be conceived to justify it.’ ” (citations omitted).”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
How this case has been treated — in progress
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