767 F. Supp. 186 - Smith v. Sullivan’s Empirical Analysis
1991
Citation profile
Relationships
Applies 42 U.S.C. § 1382C (§ 1614 of the Social Security Act of 1935) · 42 U.S.C. § 405 (§ 205 of the Social Security Act of 1935)
Relies on City of Cleburne Texas v. Cleburne Living Center · Stanley v. Illinois · Vlandis v. Kline · Califano v. Jobst · United States Department of Agriculture v. Murry
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 2 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“two people living together can live more economically than they would if each lived alone.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Smith v. Shalala“hold themselves out to the community as husband and wife,”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Smith v. Shalala
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.