Hopper v. Schweiker’s Empirical Analysis
1984
Citation profile
7 federal appellate · 1 state decisions
Relationships
Applies 42 U.S.C. § 402 (§ 202 of the Social Security Act of 1935) · 42 U.S.C. § 405 (§ 205 of the Social Security Act of 1935) · 42 U.S.C. § 423 (§ 223 of the Social Security Act of 1935)
Relies on Mathews v. Eldridge · Weinberger v. Salfi · Flemming v. Nestor · Richardson v. Belcher · United States v. Lovett
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.
“[t]he fundamental needs of inmates, such as food, shelter, clothing and medical care are provided during the period of incarceration.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Zipkin v. Heckler
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.