Rubin v. Sullivan’s Empirical Analysis
928 F.2d 898 · 1991
Citation profile
2 federal appellate · 1 state decisions
Relationships
Applies 28 U.S.C. § 1291 · 42 U.S.C. § 1396 (§ 1900 of the Social Security Act of 1935) · 42 U.S.C. § 1396B (§ 1903 of the Social Security Act of 1935)
Relies on Chevron U. S. A. Inc. v. Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc. · Badaracco v. Commissioner · Ashton v. Cory · Washington, Department of Social & Health Services v. Heckler
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 5 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“unambiguously prohibits provisions in insurance policies that deny medical coverage on the sole ground that an individual is a [Medicaid] recipient.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“(o) Restrictions on authorized payments to States. Notwithstanding the preceding provisions of this section, no payment shall be made to a State ... for expenditures for medical assistance provided for an individual under its State plan ... to the extent that a private insurer (as defined by the Secretary [of the Department of HHS] by regulation ...) would have been obligated to provide such assistance but for a provision of its insurance contract which has the effect of limiting or excluding such obligation because the individual is eligible for or is provided medical assistance under the [State] plan.”
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.