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Sebelius v. Cloer’s Empirical Analysis

569 U.S. 369 · 2013

Citation profile

70
cited by 70 later decisions
3
cited 3 times by the Supreme Court
2
states following
May 2025
most recently cited

15 federal appellate · 1 district · 3 state decisions

Appellate journey

reviewedthe decision below (from Federal Circuit Court of Appeals)

Relationships

Applies 26 U.S.C. § 4131 · 42 U.S.C. § 300A

Relies on Connecticut National Bank v. Germain · United States v. Detroit Timber & Lumber Co. · Pegram v. Herdrich · Barnhart v. Sigmon Coal Co. · Christopher Artuz Superintendent Green Haven Correctional Facility v. Tony Bruce Bennett

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

  1. “We reiterate that 'when [a] statute's language is plain, the sole function of the courts-at least where the disposition required by the text is not absurd-is to enforce it according to its terms.'”
    2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the dissent
  2. “We have long held that where Congress includes particular language in one section of a statute but omits it in another section of the same Act, it is generally presumed that Congress acts intentionally and purposely in the disparate inclusion or exclusion.”
    1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the dissent
  3. “with the statutory text, and proceed from the understanding that unless otherwise defined, statutory terms are generally interpreted in accordance with their ordinary meaning.”
    1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the dissent

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.