Sims v. Harris’s Empirical Analysis
607 F.2d 1253 · 1979
Citation profile
12 federal appellate · 2 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 17 later decisions — most recently September 2010
12 federal appellate · 2 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
Applies 28 U.S.C. § 1291 · 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 Dandridge v. Williams · Starnes v. Penrod Drilling Co. · Richardson v. Belcher · Dann v. Johnston · Mathews v. De Castro
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 17 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[T]he mere fact that a classification saves money because it does not extend benefits to some people, by itself, does not demonstrate the classification's rationality.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“concern about the fiscal impact of providing . . . benefits . . . is a legitimate government objective.”
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.