Dilda v. Quern’s Empirical Analysis
612 F.2d 1055 · 1980
Citation profile
11 federal appellate · 4 district · 9 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 44 later decisions — most recently November 2015 · most notably Kapps v. Wing (2005), Bennett v. White (1989)
11 federal appellate · 4 district · 9 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 42 U.S.C. § 601 (§ 401 of the Social Security Act of 1935)
Relies on Atlas Roofing Co. v. Occupational Safety & Health Review Commission · Vargas v. Trainor · Gloria Banks v. James L. Trainor, Etc.
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 44 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[t]hough it states the ultimate reason for the reduction or cancellation of benefits, the notice fails to provide the recipient with a breakdown of income and allowable deductions”
5 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“many of the mistakes that will inevitably be made will stand uncorrected.”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“(quoting Goldberg v. Kelly, 397 U.S. 254, 268 , 90 S.Ct. 1011 , 25 L.Ed.2d 287 (1970))); Dilda, 612 F.2d at 1057 these calculations, plaintiffs have little protection against errors committed by the Department in determining the amount of their grants.”
2 later decisions 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.