Moretti v. Bowen’s Empirical Analysis
806 F.2d 1238 · 1986
Citation profile
5
cited by 5 later decisions
July 1996
most recently cited
3 federal appellate ·
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Applies 42 U.S.C. § 402 (§ 202 of the Social Security Act of 1935)
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 5 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“deemed dependent on his natural parent [if] at the time of his death [the natural parent] was not living with or contributing to the support of the child.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Steurer v. Bowen
How this case has been treated — in progress
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