Morgan v. Kingen’s Empirical Analysis
2007
Citation profile
9 state decisions
Relationships
Applies 26 U.S.C. § 3102 (Federal Insurance Contributions Act)
Relies on State, Dept. of Ecology v. Campbell & Gwinn · 105 Wash. 2d 778 - Hangman Ridge Training Stables, Inc. v. Safeco Title Insurance · Department of Ecology v. Campbell & Gwinn, L.L.C. · 100 Wash. 2d 581 - Bowers v. Transamerica Title Insurance · Mahler v. Szucs
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.
“Any employer and any officer, vice principal or agent of any employer who shall violate any of the provisions of subdivisions (1) and (2) of RCW 49.52.050 shall be liable in a civil action by the aggrieved employee or his assignee to judgment for twice the amount of the wages unlawfully rebated or withheld by way of exemplary damages, together with costs of suit and a reasonable sum for attorney's fees....”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage“[W]illfulness is found where `the employer's refusal to pay [is] volitional.... Willful `means merely that the person knows what he is doing, intends to do what he is doing, and is a free agent.'”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“The critical determination in a case under RCW 49.52.070 for double damages is whether the employer's failure to pay wages was `willful.'”
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.