Biggs v. Lyng’s Empirical Analysis

1986

Citation profile

cited by 2 later decisions

June 1987

most recently cited

1 federal appellate ·

Relationships

Applies 42 U.S.C. § 1381 (§ 1601 of the Social Security Act of 1935) · 42 U.S.C. § 1383 (§ 1631 of the Social Security Act of 1935) · 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (Civil Rights Act of 1871 / Section 1983 (Ku Klux Klan Act)) · 42 U.S.C. § 1988 · 42 U.S.C. § 407 (§ 207 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. § 2014

Relies on Udall v. Tallman · Morton v. Ruiz · United States Department of Agriculture v. Moreno · Abel v. United States · Philpott v. Essex County Welfare Board

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 2 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

“[t]his Court tends toward the view that where all other indicia point to a finding that a given agreement falls into the category of transactions generally perceived to be loans, a certain indefiniteness as to the necessity of repayment need not necessarily alter such a denomination.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
e.g. Biggs v. Lyng
“Household income for purposes of the food stamp program shall include all income from whatever source excluding only ... (4) all loans other than educational loans on which repayment is deferred.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
e.g. Biggs v. Lyng
“contingency of the obligation of repayment does not necessarily take a transaction outside the scope of that which most properly should be categorized a loan,”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
e.g. Biggs v. Lyng

How this case has been treated — in progress

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