Vargas v. Trainor’s Empirical Analysis
508 F.2d 485 · 1974
Citation profile
37 federal appellate · 7 district · 15 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 93 later decisions (1 by the Supreme Court) — most recently August 2021 · most notably Atkins v. Parker (1985), Kapps v. Wing (2005)
37 federal appellate · 7 district · 15 state decisions — followed in 10 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
Applies 42 U.S.C. § 1381 (§ 1601 of the Social Security Act of 1935)
Relies on Ex Parte: Edward T Young · Edelman v. Jordan · Goldberg v. Kelly · Armstrong v. Manzo · Grannis v. Ordean
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 93 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“would be unable or disinclined, because of physical handicaps and, in the case of the aged, mental handicaps as well, to take the necessary affirmative action.”
9 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Perdue v. Murphy · Brogan v. Miller“Unless the welfare recipients are told why their benefits are being reduced or terminated, many of the mistakes that will inevitably be made will stand uncorrected, and many recipients will be unjustly deprived of the means to obtain the necessities of life.”
4 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“[a] representation made in a judicial proceeding for the purpose of inducing the court to act or refrain from acting satisfies the [waiver] requirements”
2 later decisions 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.