Zbaraz v. Quern’s Empirical Analysis
596 F.2d 196 · 1979
Citation profile
20 federal appellate · 4 district · 5 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 49 later decisions (3 by the Supreme Court) — most recently September 2003 · most notably Harris v. McRae (1980), United States v. Harris (1985)
20 federal appellate · 4 district · 5 state decisions
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
Relies on Roe v. Wade · Singleton v. Wulff · Tennessee Valley Authority v. Hill · Colautti v. Franklin · United States v. Dickerson
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 49 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“None of the funds provided for in this Act shall be used to perform abortions except where the life of the mother would be endangered if the fetus were carried to term; or except for such medical procedures necessary for the victims of rape or incest, when such rape or incest has been reported promptly to a law enforcement agency or public health service; or except in those instances where severe and long-lasting physical health damage to the mother would result if the pregnancy were carried to term when so determined by two physicians.”
5 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority““In December 1977, the District Court issued an order abstaining from consideration of the case. Plaintiffs appealed, and this Court granted them an injunction pending appeal against enforcement of the Illinois statute insofar as it prohibits state funding for therapeutic abortions. ti O 0 3. Our injunction order defined ‘therapeutic’ as ‘medically necessary or medically indicated according to the professional medical judgment of a licensed physician in Illinois, exercised in light of all factors affecting a woman’s health.' The District Court employed this definition in its final judgment now here on appeal.” Zbaraz v. Quern, 596 F.2d 196, 197-198 .”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“when Congress has imposed such conditions, it has done so explicitly and for the apparent purpose of encouraging the states to undertake programs Congress deemed to be desirable.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Jane E. Hodgson, M. D. Midwest Health Center for Women, Inc. Paula Poe Sandra Lackey and All Others Similarly Situated v. Board of County Commissioners, County of Hennepin John E. Derus, Chairman Jeff Spartz Thomas E. Ticen Richard E. Kremer E. F. Robb, Jr. Sam S. Sivanich Nancy Olkon Robert Randle, Director, Medical Assistance Program, Department of Public Health Thomas Jolicoeur, Supervisor, Medical Advisory Unit Edward J. Dirkswager, Jr., Commissioner, Department of Public Welfare Department of Public Welfare of the State of Minnesota, Carolyn Coe, Individually and on Behalf of All Others Similarly Situated and Mark Tanz, M. D., Individually and on Behalf of All Others Similarly Situated v. Edward J. Dirkswager, Jr., Individually and in His Capacity as Commissioner, Minnesota Department of Public Welfare and State of Minnesota, Department of Public Welfare Howard Kelly, Individually and in His Capacity as Division Director, Hennepin County Department of Economic Assistance, Adult Medical Division, Individually and on Behalf of All Other Directors of County Department of Economic Assistance, Adult Medical Division for All Other Counties in the State of Minnesota · Hodgson D
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.