Armstrong v. Spears’s Empirical Analysis
1965
Citation profile
6 federal appellate · 24 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 30 later decisions — most recently October 2016 · most notably Galloway v. Memphis Drum Service (1991), Winchester v. Seay (1966)
6 federal appellate · 24 state decisions
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 3 Smith & H. 202 - Odom v. Sanford & Treadway · Ward v. North American Rayon Corporation · Seals v. Zollo · Fidelity and Casualty Co. of New York v. Treadwell · Barker v. Curtis
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 30 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“The extent of disability in workmen's compensation cases is purely a question of fact, and the findings of the trial judge are conclusive on appeal, if supported by any substantial or material evidence. Fidelity & Casualty Company v. Treadwell, 212 Tenn. 1, 367 S.W.2d 470 (1963); Ward v. [North American] Rayon Corporation, 211 Tenn. 535, 366 S.W.2d 134 (1963).”
1 later decision quote this exact passage““ ‘Behind all of these decisions lies one simple thought; maintenance, repair, painting, cleaning and the like are “in the course” of business because the business could not be carried on without them, and because they are expectable, routine and inherent part of carrying on any enterprise.’ ””
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Winchester v. Seay““Any person whose employment at the time of injury is casual, that is, one who is not employed in the usual course of trade, business, profession, or occupation of the employer.””
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Winchester v. Seay
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.