Colbeth v. Wilson’s Empirical Analysis
1982
Citation profile
6 federal appellate · 3 district ·
How this case has been cited
Cited by 16 later decisions (1 by the Supreme Court) — most recently March 2007
6 federal appellate · 3 district ·
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 28 U.S.C. § 1331 · 28 U.S.C. § 1337 · 28 U.S.C. § 1341 · 28 U.S.C. § 1343 · 28 U.S.C. § 2201 · 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (Civil Rights Act of 1871 / Section 1983 (Ku Klux Klan Act)) · 42 U.S.C. § 601 (§ 401 of the Social Security Act of 1935) · 42 U.S.C. § 602 (§ 402 of the Social Security Act of 1935)
Relies on United Mine Workers of America v. Gibbs · Ex Parte: Edward T Young · Edelman v. Jordan · Hans v. State of Louisiana · Quern v. Jordan
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 16 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“Finally, we are not persuaded that the equities ultimately lie in favor of a retroactive award. Presumably, the State has a definable allocation of monies to be used in the payment of public aid benefits. An award of retroactive benefits that results in liability of the State for administrative expenses will reduce the availability of funds for the continuing obligations of public assistance programs .... The purpose of the food stamp program is to enable families to obtain a nutritionally adequate diet. As a practical matter, that goal may not be fulfilled retroactively. Therefore, an award of relief for past errors would be compensatory rather than remedial in nature. Policy considerations strongly suggest that the distribution of limited resources to those presently in need of food stamp assistance better serves the purposes of the Act than an award to persons whose circumstances may have been improved in the interim period.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the concurrence“'reimbursements which do not exceed expenses actually incurred and which do not represent a gain or benefit to the household: Provided that no portion of benefits provided under Title IV-A of the Social Security Act, to the extent it is attributable to an adjustment for work-related or child care expenses shall be considered such reimbursement....' 7 U.S.C.A. Sec. 2014(d)(5) (West Supp.1982) (emphasis added). Title IV-A of the Social Security Act is the Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC) section of the Act which appears at 42 U.S.C.A. Secs. 601-615 (West 1974 & Supp.1982).”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the concurrencee.g. Cotton v. Mansour“This court concludes that plaintiffs request for recalculation and restitution of food stamps benefits falls on the Edelman, rather than Ex Parte Young, side of the Eleventh Amendment law. Congress designed the Eleventh Amendment to “ ‘protect against federal judgments requiring payment of money that would interfere with the state’s fiscal autonomy and thus its political sovereignty.’ ” ... The characterization of the anticipated expense as “administrative” or “ancillary” cannot control where the effect of according relief is that against which the Eleventh Amendment militates.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the concurrence
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.