Lewis v. Martin

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• holding that income of stepfathers or certain non-legally obligated men could not be assumed to be available to needy children under 42 U.S.C. § 602(a)(7)
• paying the cost of housing is \income\ for the purpose of calculating Supplemental Security Income benefits
• striking down similar state statute that assumed support from a stepparent to a dependent child
• striking down regulation that reduced AFDC grants based on the income of a non-adoptive stepparent or “man assuming the role of spouse”
• invalidating California regulation that presumed contribution of non-AFDC resources by non-legally obligated nonadoptive stepfather or “common law” husband of AFDC beneficiary’s mother
• paying the cost of housing is “income” for the purpose of calculating Supplemental Security Income benefits

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

225 cases in this archive cite this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• Schweiker v. Gray Panthers
  Supreme Court· 1981-06-25· cited 656×
• County of Alameda v. Carleson
  California Supreme Court· 1971-09-21· cited 316×
• Carleson v. Remillard
  Supreme Court· 1972-06-07· cited 198×
• Heckler v. Turner
  Supreme Court· 1985-02-27· cited 179×
• Quern v. Mandley
  Supreme Court· 1978-06-06· cited 173×
• Van Lare v. Hurley
  Supreme Court· 1975-05-19· cited 146×
• Almenares v. Wyman
  Second Circuit· 1971-12-10· cited 139×
• Committee for Auto Responsibility v. Solomon
  D.C. Circuit· 1979-07-24· cited 83×
• United States v. State Tax Commission
  Supreme Court· 1973-06-04· cited 82×
• National Welfare Rights Organization v. F. David Mathews, Secretary of the Department of Health, Education and Welfare
  D.C. Circuit· 1976-02-20· cited 76×
• Housing Authority of the City of Omaha, Nebraska v. United States Housing Authority, Etc., and National Tenants Organization
  Eighth Circuit· 1972-10-26· cited 73×
• Cooper v. Swoap
  California Supreme Court· 1974-07-02· cited 71×
• Anderson v. Edwards
  Supreme Court· 1995-03-22· cited 59×
• Bradley v. Austin
  Sixth Circuit· 1988-03-21· cited 58×
• Francis v. Davidson
  D. Maryland· 1972-01-28· cited 52×
• People v. Newman
  New York Court of Appeals· 1973-05-31· cited 47×
• Marcus v. Department of Income Maintenance
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 1986-04-29· cited 44×
• Darces v. Woods
  California Supreme Court· 1984-04-20· cited 43×
• Doe v. Beal
  Third Circuit· 1975-07-21· cited 43×
• National Welfare Rights Organization v. Weinberger
  District of Columbia· 1974-04-11· cited 41×

Cites

4 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Red Lion Broadcasting Co. v. Federal Communications Commission
  Supreme Court· 1969-06-09· cited 1,826×
• King v. Smith
  Supreme Court· 1968-06-17· cited 1,272×
• Zemel v. Rusk
  Supreme Court· 1965-10-11· cited 827×
• Lewis v. Stark
  N.D. California· 1968-12-19· cited 7×

Other cases named Lewis v. Martin

7 other CourtListener records share this case name.

• Lewis v. Martin
  Colorado Court of Appeals· 1971-12-21· cited 3×
• Lewis v. Martin
  Clermont County Court of Common Pleas· 1968-06-15· cited 3×
• Lewis v. Martin
  Supreme Court of Alabama· 1923-10-18· cited 2×
• Lewis v. Martin
  Supreme Court· 1970-02-24· cited 2×
• Lewis v. Martin
  Fourth Circuit· 1983-10-25
• Lewis v. Martin
  Fourth Circuit· 1986-04-22
• Lewis v. Martin
  Supreme Court· 1986-11-03