Mitchell v. Sorvas’s Empirical Analysis
1960
Citation profile
7 federal appellate ·
Relationships
Applies 28 U.S.C. § 1337 · 29 U.S.C. § 201 (American Samoa Labor Standards Amendments of 1956) · 29 U.S.C. § 206 (Equal Pay Act of 1963) · 29 U.S.C. § 213
Relies on Mitchell v. Kentucky Finance Co. · Mitchell v. C. W. Vollmer & Co. · Alstate Const Co v. Durkin · H. J. Boisseau v. James P. Mitchell, Secretary of Labor, United States Department of Labor · Mitchell v. Kroger Co.
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 7 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““§ 213. Exemptions “(a) The provisions of sections 206 and 207 of this title shall not apply with respect to * * * (2) any employee employed by any retail or service establishment, more than 50 per centum of which establishment’s annual dollar volume of sales of goods or services is made within the State in which the establishment is located. A ‘retail or service establishment’ shall mean an establishment 75 per centum of whose annual dollar volume of sales of goods or services (or both) is not for resale and is recognized as retail sales or services in the particular industry; * * *” 29 U.S.C.A. § 213 (a) (2).”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Goldberg v. Sorvas““These authorities hold to the view that as long as the purchaser is the ultimate consumer, not intending to resell, said sale in the industry is considered to be a retail sale, and the exemption is applicable.” 182 F. Supp. 800 , 802.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Goldberg v. Sorvas
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.