Shepherd v. Hood’s Empirical Analysis
1939
Citation profile
3
cited by 3 later decisions
1
states following
April 2006
most recently cited
3 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Skelly Oil Co. v. Ellis · Chestnut Smith v. Lynch · H. J. Heinz Co. v. Wood · Thibeault v. General Outdoor Advertising Co., Inc. · Picanardi v. Emerson Hotel 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 3 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“Claimant drove a truck from three to five days a week and his arrangement with his employer was that he would draw $5 or $10 when he started out and at the end of each trip turn in receipts and account for all money spent.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
How this case has been treated — in progress
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