Foor v. Torrington Co.’s Empirical Analysis
170 F.2d 487 · 1948
Citation profile
2 federal appellate · 3 district ·
How this case has been cited
Cited by 12 later decisions — most recently February 2015
2 federal appellate · 3 district ·
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
Relies on Fishgold v. Sullivan Drydock & Repair Corp. · Keserich v. Carnegie-Illinois Steel Corp. · Bryan v. Griffin · Lord Mfg. Co. v. Nemenz · 64 F. Supp. 722 - Olin Industries, Inc. v. Barnett
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 12 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““ ‘Temporary,’ we think, means ‘lasting for a time only,’ or casual, as distinguished from regular. * * * Since employment for an indefinite period was contemplated * * * we think the position was ‘other than * * * temporary.’ ””
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.