Tobin v. Johnson’s Empirical Analysis
198 F.2d 130 · 1952
Citation profile
11 federal appellate ·
Relationships
Applies 29 U.S.C. § 201 (American Samoa Labor Standards Amendments of 1956) · 29 U.S.C. § 207
Relies on Armour & Co. v. Wantock · Phillips v. Walling US · Pedersen v. Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad · Overstreet v. North Shore Corp. · Roland Electrical Co. v. Walling
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 15 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“test of whether one is in commerce is obviously more exacting than the test of whether his occupation is necessary to production for commerce”
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.