Matthews v. Walter’s Empirical Analysis
1975
Citation profile
5 federal appellate · 2 state decisions
Relationships
Applies 33 U.S.C. § 901 · 33 U.S.C. § 902 · 33 U.S.C. § 909 · 33 U.S.C. § 928
Relies on American Farm Lines v. Black Ball Freight Service · Columbia Properties, Inc. v. State Board of Tax Commissioners · Avondale Marine Ways, Inc. v. Henderson · National Labor Relations Board v. Monsanto Chemical Co. · Thompson v. Lawson
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 9 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“Id. Subsequent to Weeks the Fifth Circuit gave justifiable cause a broader and more straightforward interpretation, finding a mother-in-law's violent objection to the claimant and her cutting up of claimant's clothes sufficient as a justifiable cause for living apart. 4 We read Thompson as undermining the narrow construction of”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Matthews v. Walter“between the claimant and the decedent at the time of the employee's death. As this court found in Liberty Mutual Insurance Co. v. Donovan, 95 U.S.App.D.C 49, 51, 218 F.2d 860 , 862 (1955), the conjugal nexus test focuses on the”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Matthews v. Walter“within the meaning of the Act. (JA 79). The 1972 amendments increase the amount available for funeral expenses and the percentage of the deceased employee's wages to be awarded a”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Matthews v. Walter
How this case has been treated — in progress
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