Lyons v. H.K. Ferguson Co.’s Empirical Analysis
1944
Citation profile
1 district · 4 state decisions
Relationships
Applies 29 U.S.C. § 201 (American Samoa Labor Standards Amendments of 1956) · 29 U.S.C. § 203 · 45 U.S.C. § 51 (Federal Employers' Liability Act)
Relies on Kirschbaum v. Walling US Arsenal Bldg Corporation · Warren-Bradshaw Drilling Co. v. Hall · Raymond v. Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway Co. · Acme Lumber Co. v. Shaw · Bravis v. Chicago, M. & St. P. Ry. 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 5 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““Therefore the Act- does not apply to employees engaged in the original construction of buildings, even though the buildings, when completed, will be used to produce goods for interstate commerce.””
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.