Robinson v. Bowen’s Empirical Analysis
1987
Citation profile
12 federal appellate · 2 district ·
Relationships
Applies 42 U.S.C. § 1302 (§ 1102 of the Social Security Act of 1935) · 42 U.S.C. § 1382 (§ 1611 of the Social Security Act of 1935) · 42 U.S.C. § 1382A (§ 1612 of the Social Security Act of 1935) · 42 U.S.C. § 1383 (§ 1631 of the Social Security Act of 1935) · 42 U.S.C. § 1383B (§ 1633 of the Social Security Act of 1935)
Relies on Williamson v. Lee Optical of Oklahoma, Inc. · General Electric Co. v. Gilbert · Schweiker v. Wilson · Markham v. Cabell · Ford Motor Company v. National Labor Relations 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 23 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[t]he term 'received' appears only in subsection (a)(2)(B) of Sec. 1382a(a)(2); if Congress had specifically intended the use of the term 'received' in subsection (a)(2)(B) to impose a condition of actual receipt on the items enumerated in that subsection, it knew how and would have imposed such a requirement in the other subsections as well.”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“§ 1382a. Income; definition of earned and unearned income; exclusions from income (a) For purposes of this subchapter, income means both earned income and unearned income and— ****** (2) unearned income means all other income, including— ****** (B) any payments received as an annuity, pension, retirement, or disability benefit, in-eluding veterans’ compensation and pensions, workmen’s compensation payments, old-age, survivors, and disability insurance benefits, railroad retirement annuities and pensions, and unemployment insurance benefits....”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“[it was] not logical to infer that Congress’ use of the term ‘received’ in subsection (a)(2)(B) was intended to insure that those particular payments would not be included in the calculation of ‘earned income' unless they were actually received in hand by an individual in the literal sense of the word.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
How this case has been treated — in progress
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