Chouteau v. Netco Construction’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

6 state decisions

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 7 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “Any person who has work done under contract on or about his premises which is an operation of the usual business which he there carries on shall be deemed an employer and shall be liable under this chapter to such contractor, his subcontractors, and their employees, when injured or killed on or about the premises of the employer while doing work which is in the usual course of his business.”

   3 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Augur v. Norfolk Southern Railway Co. · Martinez v. Nationwide Paper

2. “[n]o such employer shall be liable as in [section 287.040] provided, if the employee was insured by his immediate or any intermediate employer.” Thus,”

   3 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Augur v. Norfolk Southern Railway Co. · Martinez v. Nationwide Paper

3. “(1) That the commission acted without or in excess of its powers; (2) That the award was procured by fraud; (3) That the facts found by the commission do not support the award; (4) That there was not sufficient competent evidence in the record to warrant the making of the award.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Nichols v. Overnight Express, Inc.