Walling v. Twyeffort, Inc.’s Empirical Analysis
158 F.2d 944 · 1947
Citation profile
12 federal appellate · 5 district ·
How this case has been cited
Cited by 28 later decisions (2 by the Supreme Court) — most recently March 2015 · most notably Rutherford Food Corp. v. McComb (1947), Brock v. Superior Care, Inc. (1988)
12 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.
Relationships
Applies 29 U.S.C. § 201 (American Samoa Labor Standards Amendments of 1956) · 29 U.S.C. § 211
Relies on United States v. Darby · National Labor Relations Board v. Hearst Publications, Inc. · Overnight Motor Transportation Co. v. Missel · Walling US v. Helmerich & Payne · Gemsco, Inc. v. Walling
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 28 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““After the employees on the premises cut material in accordance with patterns made there for each customer, the material, together with linings, thread, buttons and other trimmings, is sent to tailors working off the premises, to be sewed according to specific instructions contained on an accompanying tag, these being sufficiently detailed to direct the tailors exactly how to sew and complete the garments and obviating any need of further control, supervision or instructions or the exercise of judgment on their part.” (Emphasis mine.)”
1 later decision quote this exact passage““Drawing the line between employees and independent contractors cannot be done mechanically; it calls for rational judgment as the facts vary, * * *.””
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.