Spirakoff v. Pluto Coal Mining Co.’s Empirical Analysis
1940
Citation profile
8 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Central Surety & Insurance v. Industrial Commission · Industrial Commission v. W. A. Hover & Co. · McPhee & McGinnity Co. v. Industrial Commission · 120 W. Va. 142 - Jordan v. State Compensation Commissioner · New Jersey Fidelity & Plate Glass Insurance v. Richey
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 8 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“An aggravation of a pre-existing abnormal or diseased condition may be the basis for an award of compensation.”
1 later decision 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.