Massachusetts v. Secretary of Health & Human Services’s Empirical Analysis
816 F.2d 796 · 1987
Citation profile
7 federal appellate · 6 district · 1 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 20 later decisions (1 by the Supreme Court) — most recently February 2011
7 federal appellate · 6 district · 1 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 20 U.S.C. § 1401 · 20 U.S.C. § 1412 · 42 U.S.C. § 1302 (§ 1102 of the Social Security Act of 1935) · 42 U.S.C. § 1396 (§ 1900 of the Social Security Act of 1935) · 42 U.S.C. § 1396A (§ 1902 of the Social Security Act of 1935) · 42 U.S.C. § 1396B (§ 1903 of the Social Security Act of 1935) · 42 U.S.C. § 1396D (§ 1905 of the Social Security Act of 1935) · 5 U.S.C. § 702
Relies on United States v. Larionoff · Schweiker v. Gray Panthers · Miller v. Youakim · Mexico v. Regan · Mayburg v. Secretary of Health & Human Services
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 20 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“1. Enjoin the Secretary and the Director of DCA from failing or refusing to allow the Commonwealth to include in its statewide cost allocation plans for fiscal years 1987 and 1988 the full amounts of its pension liability costs in fiscal years 1985 and 1986; 2. Set aside the Board’s Decision No. 1034; and 3. Grant such declaratory and other relief as the Court deems just.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“For the purpose of enabling each State, as far as practicable under the conditions in such State, to furnish (1) medical assistance on behalf of families with dependent children and of aged, blind, or disabled individuals, whose income and resources are insufficient to meet the costs of necessary medical assistance, and (2) rehabilitation and other services to help such families and individuals attain or retain capability for independent or self-care, there is hereby authorized to be appropriated for each fiscal year a sum sufficient to carry out the purposes of this subchapter.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“Where a ... dispute concerns only mon-1-ey past due, and no statute specifically y authorizes a suit in district court, the Tucker Act provides the only applicable waiver of sovereign immunity; the case must go to the Claims Court. ... But, where & ... dispute concerns a legal questions that has a significant, prospective effect on the ongoing relationship between the federal agency and the affected [party], the Administrative Procedure Act grants the district court jurisdiction to provide injunctive and declaratory relief.”
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.