Abrams v. Hills’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

19 federal appellate · 8 district ·

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 50 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “All persons who now reside, or have in the past resided, in housing projects in Connecticut federally subsidized pursuant to Section 236 who between February 1, 1975 and September 30, 1977 were paying more than 30% of their “adjusted family income” for rent (25% in those projects in which direct tenant payment of one or more utility charges, except telephone, was approved by HUD), and who were paying during that period for increased property taxes and utilities above the initial operating expense level established for their project which should have been paid for by HUD through tax and utility cost subsidies pursuant to Section 212 of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974, 12 U.S.C. § 1715z-l(f)(3) and (g).”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Dubose v. Harris

2. “For the purpose of reducing rentals for lower income families, the Secretary is authorized to make, and to contract to make, periodic interest reduction payments on behalf of the owner of a rental housing project designed for occupancy by lower income families . . .”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Sicuro v. Harris

3. “[T]here shall be established an initial operating expense level . . . [which] shall be established by the Secretary not later than 180 days after August 22, 1974.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Pierce v. Underwood