Boles v. Califano’s Empirical Analysis
1979
Citation profile
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Applies 42 U.S.C. § 402 (§ 202 of the Social Security Act of 1935) · 42 U.S.C. § 415 (§ 215 of the Social Security Act of 1935) · 42 U.S.C. § 416 (§ 216 of the Social Security Act of 1935)
Relies on Dandridge v. Williams · Weinberger v. Wiesenfeld · Weber v. Aetna Casualty & Surety Co. · Trimble v. Gordon · Levy v. Louisiana Ex Rel. Charity Hospital
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 1 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“regardless of whether [the wage earner] was living with them or supporting them at the time of his death, or even if he never lived with or supported them.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Califano v. Boles“(F) in the case of a surviving divorced mother—”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Califano v. Boles
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.