Williams v. St. Clair’s Empirical Analysis
610 F.2d 1244 · 1980
Citation profile
11 federal appellate · 1 district · 4 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 28 later decisions — most recently March 2016 · most notably 574 So. 2d 586 - Gill v. Dept. of Wildlife Conservation (1990), Western Coal Traffic League v. United States (1982)
11 federal appellate · 1 district · 4 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 26 U.S.C. § 213 · 42 U.S.C. § 1396A (§ 1902 of the Social Security Act of 1935)
Relies on Dandridge v. Williams · Weinberger v. Salfi · Red Lion Broadcasting Co. v. Federal Communications Commission · Lindsley v. Natural Carbonic Gas Co. · United States Department of Agriculture v. Moreno
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 28 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[Wjhile Congress has indicated states must consider medical expenses before denying eligibility, Congress has not explicitly addressed the manner in which states may do so. Congress has not, for example, required that states take into account anticipated expenses. It has said only that they must consider incurred expenses. We see no reason to require the state and HEW to give “incurred” a definition beyond its ordinary usage. Because of the congressional emphasis on flexibility, the states and HEW may adopt more liberal definitions if they wish, but they are not statutorily required to do so. HEW, recognizing the predictability and reliability of medical expenses of institutionalized persons, has allowed a more liberal definition in the case of institutionalized applicants. This it may do. On the other hand, because of the possibility of fraud, abuse, and unreliability, HEW has insisted upon the usual definition of incurred for those who are not institutionalized. This it may also do.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Hogan v. Heckler“In the area of economics and social welfare, a State does not violate the Equal Protection Clause merely because the classifications made by its laws are imperfect. If the classification has some reasonable basis, it does not offend the Constitution simply because the classification is not made with mathematical nicety or because in practice it results in some inequality.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Williams v. Berry“(F)amilies with incomes above the eligibility level would receive medicaid coverage only after incurring medical expenses equal to the amount by which their total income exceeded the medicaid standard; they would be required to 'spend-down' by this amount to establish their eligibility for medicaid.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Winter v. Miller
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.