Cunningham Conner v. Toan’s Empirical Analysis
762 F.2d 63 · 1985
Citation profile
7 federal appellate · 2 district · 5 state decisions
Relationships
Applies 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (Civil Rights Act of 1871 / Section 1983 (Ku Klux Klan Act)) · 42 U.S.C. § 401 (§ 201 of the Social Security Act of 1935) · 42 U.S.C. § 405 (§ 205 of the Social Security Act of 1935) · 42 U.S.C. § 602 (§ 402 of the Social Security Act of 1935)
Relies on Cunningham v. Toan
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 making the A.F.D.C. eligibility and grant determination for the dependent child, the state must include the dependent child’s parent in the assistance unit if the parent lives in the same household as the dependent child. In addition, the state must include “any income of or available for” the parent if the parent lives in the same household as the dependent child, “notwithstanding section 205®, in the case of benefits provided under Title II.””
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“If the representative payee does not live in the same household as the OASDI beneficiary and the dependent child, appellants must consider the OASDI benefits as income available for the purpose of AFDC eligibility and grant amount determinations only to the extent that the representative payee makes the OASDI benefits available for the support of the OASDI beneficiary”). 6 . We see no reason to limit the term “income”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Williams v. Raiford“When title II [OASDI] benefits are paid to a representative payee on behalf of a member of the assistance unit and the payee lives in the same household as the assistance unit, the title II benefits must be counted as income. When the representative payee does not live in the household, the title II benefits are included only to the extent that the payee makes them available for the support of the beneficiary.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Williams v. Raiford
How this case has been treated — in progress
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