Mingachos v. CBS, Inc.’s Empirical Analysis
1985
Citation profile
3 federal appellate · 22 district · 2,687 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 2,716 later decisions — most recently March 2025 · most notably Gordon v. Bridgeport Housing Authority (1988), Faulkner v. United Technologies Corp. (1997)
3 federal appellate · 22 district · 2,687 state decisions — followed in 10 states
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
Applies 29 U.S.C. § 653 (§ 4 of the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970) · 29 U.S.C. § 658 (§ 9 of the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970)
Relies on Cincinnati Milacron Chemicals, Inc. v. Blankenship · Alarm Applications Co. v. Simsbury Volunteer Fire Co. · D.H.R. Construction Co. v. Donnelly · Blankenship v. Cincinnati Milacron Chemicals, Inc. · Blake v. Levy
Cited together with Gordon v. Bridgeport Housing Authority · Ferryman v. City of Groton · Novametrix Medical Systems, Inc. v. BOC Group, Inc. · Liljedahl Bros. v. Grigsby · Blancato v. Feldspar Corp.
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 2,716 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“admits all facts well pleaded; it does not admit legal conclusions or the truth or accuracy of opinions stated in the pleadings.”
626 later decisions quote this exact passage“Although the party seeking summary judgment has the burden of showing the nonexistence of any material fact, a party opposing summary judgment must substantiate its adverse claim by showing that there is a genuine issue of material fact together with the evidence disclosing the existence of such an issue.”
12 later decisions quote this exact passage“An employer who complies with the requirements of . . . this section shall not be liable for any action for damages on account of personal injury sustained by an employee arising out of and in the course of his employment or on account of death resulting from personal injury so sustained. . . .”
12 later decisions 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.