Rivera v. Marcus’s Empirical Analysis
696 F.2d 1016 · 1982
Citation profile
14 federal appellate · 8 district · 10 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 60 later decisions — most recently December 2025 · most notably Trujillo v. Board of County Commissioners (1985), Lossman v. Pekarske (1983)
14 federal appellate · 8 district · 10 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 28 U.S.C. § 2281 · 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (Civil Rights Act of 1871 / Section 1983 (Ku Klux Klan Act)) · 42 U.S.C. § 601 (§ 401 of the Social Security Act of 1935) · 42 U.S.C. § 606 (§ 406 of the Social Security Act of 1935)
Relies on Mathews v. Eldridge · Johnson v. Zerbst · In the Matter of Samuel Winship · Wolff v. McDonnell · Santosky v. Kramer
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 60 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“In these circumstances, we find that Mrs. Rivera possesses an important liberty interest in preserving the integrity and stability of her family.”). See also Rodriguez v. McLoughlin, 214 F.3d 328, 337 (2d Cir.2000). 66 . See Mullins v. State of Or., 57 F.3d 789, 794 (9th Cir.1995) (”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“custodial relatives ... are entitled to due process protections when the state decides to remove a dependent relative from the family environment”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“No one would seriously dispute that a deeply loving and interdependent relationship between an adult and a child in his or her care may exist even in the absence of blood relationship. At least where a child has been placed in foster care as an infant, has never known his natural parents, and has remained continuously for several years in the care of the same foster parents, it is natural that the foster family should hold the same place in the emotional life of the foster child, and fulfill the same socializing functions, as a natural family.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
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.