Scrivner v. Andrews’s Empirical Analysis
816 F.2d 261 · 1987
Citation profile
3 federal appellate · 2 district · 2 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 24 later decisions — most recently September 2021
3 federal appellate · 2 district · 2 state decisions
Later decisions citing this case, by decade. The current decade is in progress, and our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so the latest bars are undercounted — not a real decline.
Relationships
Applies 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (Civil Rights Act of 1871 / Section 1983 (Ku Klux Klan Act)) · 42 U.S.C. § 620 (§ 420 of the Social Security Act of 1935) · 42 U.S.C. § 621 (§ 421 of the Social Security Act of 1935) · 42 U.S.C. § 627 (§ 427 of the Social Security Act of 1935) · 42 U.S.C. § 675 (§ 475 of the Social Security Act of 1935)
Relies on Maine v. Thiboutot · Middlesex County Sewerage Authority v. National Sea Clammers Assn. · Pennhurst State School and Hospital v. Halderman · Wright v. City of Roanoke Redevelopment & Housing Authority · Guardians Association v. Civil Service Commission of City of New York
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 24 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“afforded considerable flexibility in unilaterally developing procedures compatible with its own unique foster care circumstances,”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“The Act neither explicitly nor implicitly creates a federal statutory right to 'meaningful visitation' "). There is no dispute between the parties about the importance of visitation to the goal of reuniting parents and child. The parties agreed in their stipulation of facts that "[r]esearch has shown conclusively that regular visits between parents and children are the most important factor in ensuring that children are returned home.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“Implicit in the Lynch decision was the understanding that the Adoption Assistance Act bestowed upon children under state supervised foster care the right to an individualized case plan and a system for case review and that those children and the members of their natural and foster families were free to pursue a § 1983 action which sought to enjoin the state to comply with its mandated system for case review.”
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.