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← 160 SO2D 258 - Walker v. Brown

Walker v. Brown’s Empirical Analysis

1964

Citation profile

5
cited by 5 later decisions
1
states following
July 1971
most recently cited

5 state decisions

Relationships

Relies on 102 So. 2d 259 - Sewell v. Sharp · Broussard v. Administrator, Division of Employ. SEC. · Turner v. Brown

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.

  1. ““If there is any ambiguity in the act, it should be resolved in favor of the employee as the law is well settled that the statute should be interpreted liberally so as to extend its benefits as far as possible within the bounds imposed by the expressed legislative restrictions. See Sewell v. Sharp (La.App. 2 Cir. 1958) 102 So.2d 259 .””
    1 later decision quote this exact passage
  2. “"An individual shall be disqualified from benefits: “(1) If the administrator finds that he has left his employment without good cause connected with his employment.””
    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.