Severs v. Severs’s Empirical Analysis
2004
Citation profile
1 state decisions
Relationships
Applies 42 U.S.C. § 402 (§ 202 of the Social Security Act of 1935) · 42 U.S.C. § 407 (§ 207 of the Social Security Act of 1935) · 42 U.S.C. § 659 (§ 459 of the Social Security Act of 1935)
Relies on Flemming v. Nestor · Leisure v. Leisure · Marriage of Jendreas v. Jendreas · Gnerlich v. Gnerlich · Antonacopulos v. Antonacopulos
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 1 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“the non-contractual interest of an employee covered by the [Social Security] Act cannot be soundly analogized to that of the holder of an annuity, whose right to benefits is bottomed on his contractual premium payments.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Severs v. Severs“[the [Social Security] program is financed through a payroll tax levied on employees in covered employment, and on their employers.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Severs v. Severs“simply taxes imposed on all covered employees by the federal government.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Severs v. Severs
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.