Valenzuela v. Espy’s Empirical Analysis
1993
Citation profile
4 federal appellate · 1 district ·
Relationships
Applies 7 U.S.C. § 2011 (Charitable Assistance and Food Bank Act of 1987) · 7 U.S.C. § 2013 · 7 U.S.C. § 2014 · 7 U.S.C. § 2015 · 7 U.S.C. § 2104
Relies on Conley v. Gibson · Chevron U. S. A. Inc. v. Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc. · Udall v. Tallman · Pilot Life Insurance v. Dedeaux · Mart Corporation v. Cartier Inc 47th Street Photo Inc
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.
“[E]ach licensed vehicle shall be handled as follows: First it will be evaluated to determine if it is exempt as an income producer or as a home. If not exempt, it will be evaluated to determine if its fair market value exceeds $4,500. If worth more than $4,500, the portion in excess of $4,500 for each vehicle will be counted as a resource. The vehicle will also be evaluated to see if it is equity exempt as the household’s only vehicle or necessary for employment reasons. If not equity exempt, the equity value will be counted as a resource. If the vehicle has a countable market value of more than $4,500 and also has a countable equity value, only the greater of the two amounts shall be counted as a resource.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“Secretary shall, in prescribing inclusions in, and- exclusions from, financial resources, follow the regulations in force as of June 1, 1982 (other than those relating to licensed vehicles and inaccessible resources), and shall, in addition, include in financial resources ... any licensed vehicle ... used for household transportation or used to obtain or continue employment_”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“Section 2014(g) identifies its subject matter as the “[ajllowable financial resources which [an] eligible household may own” with financial resources parenthetically defined as liquid and nonliquid. The “liquid and nonliquid” assets creates a category too exclusive to omit motor vehicles which are among the principal assets of many U.S. households. Subsection (g)(2) enumerates kinds of motor vehicles which can be considered a financial “resource”. When Congress amended § 2104(g) in 1990 and 1991 to add subsection (g)(5) it continued to use the key word “resources” in providing, that a “resource” shall be excluded as inaccessible if it meets the tests set forth in the 1990 legislation and farther spelled out in the 1991 amendment. Because “resources” already denoted certain motor vehicles, as subsection (g)(2) so plainly provides, the same work must be read to include such vehicles in subsection (g)(5).”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
How this case has been treated — in progress
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