Halbig v. Burwell’s Empirical Analysis
758 F.3d 390 · 2014
Citation profile
2 federal appellate · 2 district ·
Relationships
Applies 26 U.S.C. § 35 · 26 U.S.C. § 36B · 26 U.S.C. § 4980H · 26 U.S.C. § 5000A · 26 U.S.C. § 6055 · 26 U.S.C. § 7422 · 28 U.S.C. § 1291 · 28 U.S.C. § 1346 (Federal Tort Claims Act)
Relies on Chevron U. S. A. Inc. v. Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc. · Lujan v. Defenders of Wildlife · Abbott Laboratories v. Gardner · United States v. Ron Pair Enterprises, Inc. · Connecticut National Bank v. Germain
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 12 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“only because Congress, in response to actuarial analyses predicting that the [program] would be fiscally unsustainable, repealed the provision in 2013.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“minimize ... adverse selection and broaden the health insurance risk pool to include healthy individuals, which will lower health insurance premiums.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the concurrence“Without the federal subsidies ... the exchanges would not operate as Congress intended and may not operate at all.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the concurrence
How this case has been treated — in progress
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