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701 F.2d 580 · 1983

Citation profile

9
cited by 9 later decisions
January 2015
most recently cited

2 federal appellate · 1 district ·

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Applies 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) · 42 U.S.C. § 675 (§ 475 of the Social Security Act of 1935)

Relies on Dandridge v. Williams · Jefferson v. Hackney · Helvering v. Davis · Mathews v. De Castro · Burns v. Alcala

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

  1. “under the Social Security Act and applicable regulations, and is thus invalid under the Supremacy Clause. The AFDC program is a joint federal-state effort administered by the state, subject to federal statute and regulation. Federal participation in state AFDC programs is conditioned upon the state's offering benefits to all persons who are eligible under federal standards; the state must therefore provide benefits to all individuals who meet the federal eligibility standards of”
    1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
    e.g. Ayres v. Babcock
  2. “In promulgating the AFDC program Congress elected to confront one consequence of poverty — the disintegration of family — by providing financial assistance to family units consisting of “dependent children” and their “relatives” as those terms are defined by the statute and regulation. Certainly this is a rational method of challenging the pressures poverty places upon the family relationship.”
    1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
    e.g. Sadler on Behalf of Bailey v. Atkins

How this case has been treated — in progress

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