Simpson v. Hegstrom’s Empirical Analysis
873 F.2d 1294 · 1989
Citation profile
18 federal appellate ·
How this case has been cited
Cited by 21 later decisions — most recently August 2003
18 federal appellate ·
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. § 602 (§ 402 of the Social Security Act of 1935) · 5 U.S.C. § 706
Relies on Heckler v. Chaney · Reiter v. Sonotone Corp. · Gamer v. Secretary of Health & Human Services · United States v. Hayes · Monet v. Immigration & Naturalization Service
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 21 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[C]ourts will overturn an agency action if it is 'arbitrary, capricious, an abuse of discretion, or otherwise not in accordance with the law.' " Id. Our task is therefore a limited one. First, we must determine whether or not the Secretary's regulation is "manifestly contrary to the statute.”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“By 'disregarding' certain classes of income that would otherwise be counted in the [AFDC] eligibility and benefits determinations, more families are deemed eligible for assistance than would otherwise be the case, and their benefits are increased.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Vierra v. Rubin“an agency's construction of the statute it is charged with implementing, and ... the procedures it adopts for implementing that statute.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Vierra v. Rubin
How this case has been treated — in progress
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