Mitchell v. Johnston’s Empirical Analysis
701 F.2d 337 · 1983
Citation profile
16 federal appellate · 1 district · 4 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 46 later decisions — most recently March 2013 · most notably Martin v. Heckler (1985), Appleyard v. Wallace (1985)
16 federal appellate · 1 district · 4 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. § 1343 · 42 U.S.C. § 1396A (§ 1902 of the Social Security Act of 1935) · 42 U.S.C. § 1396D (§ 1905 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. § 603 (§ 403 of the Social Security Act of 1935)
Relies on Dandridge v. Williams · Flast v. Cohen · Maine v. Thiboutot · Johnson v. Georgia Highway Express, Inc. · Pennhurst State School and Hospital v. Halderman
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 46 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“such early and periodic screening and diagnosis ... to ascertain their physical or mental defects, and such health care, treatment, and other measures to correct or ameliorate defects and chronic conditions discovered thereby, as may be provided in regulations of the Secretary.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Sd Dickson v. Hood“would be unable to obtain classwide notice if no class action [is] certified since the other eligible recipients would not be parties to this litigation and would not be entitled to the benefits of the district court's judgment.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Appleyard v. Wallace“early and periodic screening, diagnostic, and treatment services (as defined in subsection (r) of this section) for individuals who are eligible under the plan and are under the age of 21.”
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.