Weber v. Commissioner’s Empirical Analysis
1994
Citation profile
3 federal appellate ·
How this case has been cited
Cited by 113 later decisions — most recently June 2020 · most notably Weber v. Commissioner (1995), Ewens & Miller, Inc. v. Comm'r (2001)
3 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
Relies on Welch v. Helvering · Nationwide Mutual Insurance v. Darden · Radio City Music Hall Corp. v. United States · Professional & Executive Leasing, Inc. v. Commissioner · Simpson v. Commissioner
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 113 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“Q. Isn’t it true that in order to accomplish the mission of the United Methodist Church, the United Methodist Church must depend on the connectional structure of the church, such as its various boards, commissions, agencies, conferences, local churches, bishops, ministers, and lay leaders? A. We have chosen to be a connectional church, so that none of our organizational structure are lone rangers to the life of the church. So, yes, it is true that we have chosen to respond. We believe that this is a faithful response to the Gospel. There are other ways to structure, but this is our way. Q. But in the connectional structure of the United Methodist Church, would you agree the local church plays an integral role in furthering the mission of the United Methodist Church? A. Absolutely. Q. And with respect to the pastor of the local church, would you also agree that to further the local church’s integral role in the mission of the United Methodist Church, the pastor must perform his or her responsibilities and duties in conformance with this mission in mind? A. Yes, sir.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage“Supervision. — 1. To work with pastors, Pastor-Parish Relations Committees * * * in formulating statements of purpose for congregations in fulfilling their mission, in clarifying the pastors’ priorities in accomplishing these purposes, and being available to them for counsel. 2. To establish a clearly understood process of supervision for clergy of the district, including observation of all aspects of ministry, direct evaluation, and feedback to the clergy involved.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage“the accepted method of The United Methodist Church by which ordained ministers are appointed by the bishop to fields of labor. All ordained ministers shall accept and abide by these appointments. * * . Full-time service shall be the norm for ministry in the Annual Conference. Full-time service shall mean that the person’s entire vocational time is devoted to the work of ministry in the field of labor to which one is appointed by the bishop.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage
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.