Carter v. Morrow’s Empirical Analysis
1983
Citation profile
13 state decisions
Relationships
Applies 25 U.S.C. § 13 · 42 U.S.C. § 651 (§ 451 of the Social Security Act of 1935) · 42 U.S.C. § 654 (§ 454 of the Social Security Act of 1935) · 42 U.S.C. § 655 (§ 455 of the Social Security Act of 1935)
Relies on Morton v. Ruiz
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 15 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“"Congress has recognized that the individual and governmental interests in the IV-D program are somewhat different in the case of non-recipients of welfare. However, Congress has taken this difference into account not by allowing the states to provide different services to non-welfare applicants, but by allowing them to charge those persons a reasonable application fee and to collect costs in excess of the fee from the parent who owes the support obligation or, in limited circumstances, from the applicant. 42 U.S.C. sec. 654 (6)(B) & (C) ....” Id.”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“The committee believes that the requirement that every State have a program of child support collection and paternity establishment services for families that are not receiving welfare is an essential component of the child support program. The purpose of the requirement is to assure that abandoned families with children have access to child support services before they are forced to apply for welfare. It is the opinion of the committee, supported by the statements of many State child support administrators, that access to these services often means the difference between a family’s reliance on welfare support and being supported by a legally responsible parent.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“(6) provide that (A) the child support collection or paternity determination services established under the plan shall be made available to any individual not otherwise eligible for such services upon application filed by such indivudual with the State, including support collection services for the spouse (or former spouse) with whom the absent parent’s child is living (but only if a support obligation has been established with respect to such spouse, and only if the support obligation established with respect to the child is being enforced under the plan).”
1 later decision 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.