Walling v. Sondock’s Empirical Analysis
132 F.2d 77 · 1942
Citation profile
17 federal appellate · 1 district · 5 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 37 later decisions — most recently June 1976 · most notably Durkin v. Joyce Agency, Inc. (1953), Mitchell v. John R. Cowley & Bro. (1961)
17 federal appellate · 1 district · 5 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
Applies 29 U.S.C. § 151 (§ 1 of the National Labor Relations Act) · 29 U.S.C. § 206 (Equal Pay Act of 1963)
Relies on Kirschbaum v. Walling US Arsenal Bldg Corporation · Fleming v. Jacksonville Paper Co.
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 37 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““ * * * if the work of the employes has such close and immediate connection with the process of production for commerce as to be an essential part of it, such employee is engaged in the production of goods for commerce within the meaning of the Act.””
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority““Similarly, if an employee’s services are part of and contribute materially to the consummation of transactions in interstate commerce, the employee is engaged in commerce as defined by the Act.””
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.