Walling v. Roland Electrical Co.’s Empirical Analysis
146 F.2d 745 · 1945
Citation profile
8 federal appellate · 5 district ·
How this case has been cited
Cited by 21 later decisions (2 by the Supreme Court) — most recently January 1984
8 federal appellate · 5 district ·
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.
Appellate journey
Relationships
Applies 29 U.S.C. § 203 · 29 U.S.C. § 213 · 29 U.S.C. § 217
Relies on M'Culloch v. State of Maryland · Kirschbaum v. Walling US Arsenal Bldg Corporation · Walling v. Jacksonville Paper Co. · Armour & Co. v. Wantock · McLeod v. Threlkeld
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 21 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“clearly not that of a retail or service establishment within the meaning of the Act.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“reconditioning and sale of second hand motors”
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.