Richards v. Fleming Coal Co.’s Empirical Analysis
1919
Citation profile
2 federal appellate · 7 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 11 later decisions — most recently May 1979
2 federal appellate · 7 state decisions
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 Schaake v. Dolley · State ex rel. Taylor v. Missouri Pacific Railway Co. · State ex rel. Caster v. Kansas Postal-Telegraph-Cable Co. · City of Hutchinson v. Leimbach · Balch v. Glenn
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 11 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““It shall be unlawful for any person or persons engaged in coal mining to use or cause to be' used dynamite or other detonating explosives in the preparation of any blast or shot in any coal mine within the state of Kansas: Provided, however, That dynamite or other detonating explosives may be used under such rules and regulations as may be agreed upon between the employer and the employees, same to be approved by the state mine inspector. All rules, regulations and permits to use dynamite or other detonating explosives, as herein provided, shall be in writing.” (§ 6326.) “Any person or: persons violating the provisions of section 1 of this act shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof shall be fined in any sum not exceeding twenty-five dollars.” (§ 6328.)”
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.