Atkins v. Rivera’s Empirical Analysis
1986
Citation profile
66 federal appellate · 52 district · 174 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 368 later decisions (4 by the Supreme Court) — most recently December 2021 · most notably United States v. Mead Corp. (2001), National Federation of Independent Business v. Sebelius (2012)
66 federal appellate · 52 district · 174 state decisions — followed in 21 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.
Relationships
Relies on Chevron U. S. A. Inc. v. Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc. · Sloan v. Hicks · Batterton v. Francis · Schweiker v. Gray Panthers · Schweiker v. Hogan
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 368 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“comply with requirements imposed by the [Social Security] Act and by the Secretary of Health and Human Services.”
9 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“the methodology to be employed in determining such eligibility, which shall be no more restrictive than the methodology which would be employed under the supplemental security income program____”
6 later decisions quote this exact passage““For the purpose of enabling each State, as far as practicable under the conditions in such State, to furnish (1) medical assistance on behalf of families with dependent children and of aged, blind, or disabled individuals, whose income and resources are insufficient to meet the costs of necessary medical services, and (2) rehabilitation and other services to help such families and individuals attain or retain capability for independent or self-care, there is hereby authorized to be appropriated for each fiscal year a sum sufficient to carry out the purposes of this subchapter. The sums made available under this section shall be used for making payments to States which have submitted, and had approved by the Secretary, State plans for medical assistance."”
4 later decisions quote this exact passage
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.