Anderson v. Lyng’s Empirical Analysis
1986
Citation profile
6 federal appellate · 2 district ·
Relationships
Applies 29 U.S.C. § 206 (Equal Pay Act of 1963) · 42 U.S.C. § 602 (§ 402 of the Social Security Act of 1935) · 7 U.S.C. § 2011 (Charitable Assistance and Food Bank Act of 1987) · 7 U.S.C. § 2013 · 7 U.S.C. § 2015 · 7 U.S.C. § 2020
Relies on Chevron U. S. A. Inc. v. Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc. · Southeastern Community College v. Davis · Ruckelshaus v. Monsanto Co. · Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System v. Dimension Financial Corp. · Florida National Guard v. Federal Labor Relations Authority
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 13 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“that household member age 18 or over who was acquiring the greatest amount of earned financial support for the household at the time of the quit.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“that member in whose name application is made”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“... [H]ead of household shall be considered to be the principal wage earner. The principal wage earner shall be the household member (including excluded members) who is the greatest source of earned income in the two months prior to the month of the violation. This provision applies only if the employment involves 20 hours or more per week or provides weekly earnings at least equivalent to the Federal Minimum wage multiplied by 20 hours. No person of any age living with a parent or person fulfilling the role of a parent who is registered for work or exempt from work registration requirements because such parent or person fulfilling the role of a parent is subject to and participating in the work incentive program under Title IV of the Social Security Act, or is in receipt of unemployment compensation (or has registered for work as part of the unemployment compensation application process), or is employed or self employed and working a minimum of 30 hours weekly or receiving weekly earnings equal to the Federal minimum wage multiplied by 30 hours shall be considered the head of household. If there is no principal source of earned income in the household, the household may designate the head of house.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Anderson v. Yeutter
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.