Murphy v. Dulay’s Empirical Analysis
768 F.3d 1360 · 2014
Citation profile
1 federal appellate · 4 state decisions
Relationships
Applies 42 U.S.C. § 1320D (§ 1171 of the Social Security Act of 1935) · 42 U.S.C. § 1320D (§ 1178 of the Social Security Act of 1935)
Relies on Medtronic, Inc. v. Lohr · Maryland v. Louisiana · Louisiana Public Service Commission v. Federal Communications Commission · Wisconsin Public Intervenor v. Mortier · Altria Group, Inc. v. Good
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 7 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“Had the drafters of the HIPAA regulations wished to preclude a state legislature from conditioning a public benefit-such as filing a lawsuit-on signing a HIPAA authorization, they could have easily done so, just as they generally prohibited doctors from conditioning medical treatment on signing a HIPAA authorization. The regulations do not do so, and we must give effect to the regulations' silence.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“Accordingly, no other HIPAA exception for disclosure needs to be satisfied once an individual signs a valid written authorization.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“covered entity may disclose protected health information in the course of any judicial or administrative proceeding”
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.