Doe v. Kidd’s Empirical Analysis
501 F.3d 348 · 2007
Citation profile
6 federal appellate · 3 district · 4 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 46 later decisions — most recently March 2024 · most notably Planned Parenthood of Indiana, Inc. v. Commissioner of Indiana State Department of Health (2012), Rendelman v. Rouse (2009)
6 federal appellate · 3 district · 4 state decisions
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
reviewedthe decision below
Relationships
Applies 42 U.S.C. § 1396 (§ 1900 of the Social Security Act of 1935) · 42 U.S.C. § 1396A (§ 1902 of the Social Security Act of 1935) · 42 U.S.C. § 1396C (§ 1904 of the Social Security Act of 1935) · 42 U.S.C. § 1396N (§ 1915 of the Social Security Act of 1935) · 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (Civil Rights Act of 1871 / Section 1983 (Ku Klux Klan Act))
Relies on Goldberg v. Kelly · Friends of the Earth Incorporateds v. Laidlaw Environmental Services Inc · Powell v. McCormack · Middlesex County Sewerage Authority v. National Sea Clammers Assn. · Pennhurst State School and Hospital v. Halderman
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 46 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“has developmental disabilities including epilepsy, mild mental retardation, and cerebral palsy.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“Respite care, which Doe is currently receiving, “is furnished on a short-term basis due to the regular care giver’s absence or need for relief.” Benjamin H. v. Ohl, No. 3:99-0338, 1999 WL 34783552 , at (S.D.W.Va. July 15, 1999). Residential habilitation, which Doe has requested, “helps recipients with the skills needed for daily living, such as eating and performing personal hygiene, household chores, and food preparation. It also focuses on the social and adaptive skills which enable an individual to avoid institutionalization.” Id. at .”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Doe v. Kidd“gives recipients the right to choose among a range of qualified providers, without government interference. By implication, it also confers an absolute right to be free from government interference with the choice to remain in a home that continues to be qualified. But it clearly does not confer a right on a recipient to enter an unqualified home and demand a hearing to certify it, nor does it confer a right on a recipient to continue to receive benefits for care in a home that has been decertified.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Roll v. Howard
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.