Wolf v. Coca-Cola Co.’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

14 federal appellate · 2 district · 1 state decisions

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 77 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “'[he] engaged in activity protected under [the] act; (2) [he] subsequently suffered adverse action by the employer; and (3) a causal connection existed between the employee's activity and the adverse action.'”

   5 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Moakler v. Furkids, Inc. · Edgecombe v. Lowes Home Ctrs., L.L.C.

2. “In determining whether a hired party is an employee under the general common law of agency, we consider the hiring party’s right to control the manner and means by which the product is accomplished. Among the other factors relevant to this inquiry are the skill required; the source of the instrumentalities and tools; the location of the work; the duration of the relationship between the parties; whether the hiring party has the right to assign additional projects to the hired party; the extent of the hired party’s discretion over when and how long to work; the method of payment; the hired party’s role in hiring and paying assistants; whether the work is part of the regular business of the hiring party; whether the hiring party is in business; the provision of employee benefits and the tax treatment of the hired party.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 279 F. Supp. 2d 778 - Cerra v. Harvey · 700 F. Supp. 2d 1280 - Green v. United States

3. “companies are not required by ERISA to make their ERISA plans available to all common law employees”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Kolling v. American Power Conv · Kolling III v. American Power Conversion Corporation