Caldwell v. Blum’s Empirical Analysis
621 F.2d 491 · 1980
Citation profile
28 federal appellate · 6 district · 3 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 53 later decisions (3 by the Supreme Court) — most recently August 2013 · most notably Schweiker v. Hogan (1982), Atkins v. Rivera (1986)
28 federal appellate · 6 district · 3 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. § 1381 (§ 1601 of the Social Security Act of 1935) · 42 U.S.C. § 1382B (§ 1613 of the Social Security Act of 1935) · 42 U.S.C. § 1396 (§ 1900 of the Social Security Act of 1935) · 42 U.S.C. § 1396A (§ 1902 of the Social Security Act of 1935)
Relies on Desist v. United States · New York State Department of Social Services v. Dublino · Jackson Dairy, Inc. v. H. P. Hood & Sons, Inc. · Filmon v. Florida · Japan Line, Ltd. v. County of Los Angeles
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 53 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“(i) for making medical assistance available to all individuals who would, except for income and resources, be eligible for aid or assistance under any such State plan or to have paid with respect to them supplemental security income benefits under subchapter XVI of this chapter, and who have insufficient (as determined in accordance with comparable standards) income and resources to meet the costs of necessary medical and remedial care and services, and”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“for making medical or remedial care and services available to all individuals who would, if needy, be eligible for aid or assistance under any ... State [cash assistance] plan and who have insufficient (as determined in accordance with comparable standards) income and resources to meet the costs of necessary medical or remedial care and services____”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Camacho v. Perales“Although States may set a limitation on income and resources which individuals may hold and be eligible for aid, they must do so by maintaining a comparability among the various categorical groups of needy people”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Schweiker v. Hogan
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.