Martin v. Harris’s Empirical Analysis
653 F.2d 428 · 1981
Citation profile
15 federal appellate · 1 district ·
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Applies 42 U.S.C. § 402 (§ 202 of the Social Security Act of 1935) · 42 U.S.C. § 405 (§ 205 of the Social Security Act of 1935) · 42 U.S.C. § 416 (§ 216 of the Social Security Act of 1935)
Relies on Markham v. Cabell · Cabell v. Markham · Haberman v. Finch · Rosenberg v. Richardson · Davis v. Califano
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 21 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“In any case where ... such applicant is not the wife, widow, husband, or widower of such individual, but it is established ... that such applicant in good faith went through a marriage ceremony with such individual resulting in a purported marriage between them which, but for a legal impediment not known to the applicant at the time of such ceremony, would have been a valid marriage, and such applicant and the insured individual were living in the same household at the time of death of such insured individual, .. . such purported marriage shall be deemed a valid marriage.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“widow applies for widow's payments: 16 The entitlement to a monthly benefit ... based on the wages ... of (an) insured individual, of a person who would not be deemed to be a ... widow ... of such insured individual but for this subparagraph, shall end with the month before the month ... in which the Secretary certifies ... that another person is entitled to a benefit under (§ 402(e)) if such other person is ... (the) widow ... under subparagraph (A).... 17 42 U.S.C. § 416(h)(1)(B) (emphasis added). Thus, a”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the dissente.g. Woodson v. Schweiker“As he stated, and as the Woodson court was subsequently to hold, if a legal widow becomes disqualified to receive the benefit the deemed widow should be entitled to receive it. So too for the situation where the benefit is only partially utilized by the legal widow, and together the two widows' claims do not exceed the secondary benefits which would be available based on the work record of the deceased. In this sense, there is no”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the dissent
How this case has been treated — in progress
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