Skidmore v. John J. Casale, Inc.’s Empirical Analysis
160 F.2d 527 · 1947
Citation profile
28 federal appellate · 2 district · 1 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 47 later decisions — most recently October 2015 · most notably United Slate Tile and Composition Roofers Damp and Waterproof Workers Association Local v. G & M Roofing and Sheet Metal Company Inc, Tilbury v. Rogers (1954)
28 federal appellate · 2 district · 1 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. § 207
Relies on Kirschbaum v. Walling US Arsenal Bldg Corporation · Walling v. Jacksonville Paper Co. · Endicott Johnson Corp. v. Perkins · McLeod v. Threlkeld · Overstreet v. North Shore Corp.
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 47 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“We have considerable doubt as to the validity of the contingent fee agreement; for it may well be that Congress intended that an employee's recovery should be net, and that therefore the lawyer's compensation should come solely from the employer.”
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.