Blea v. Fields’s Empirical Analysis
2005
Citation profile
2 federal appellate · 8 district · 34 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 44 later decisions — most recently October 2022 · most notably Elm Ridge Exploration Co. v. Engle (2013), 27 F. Supp. 3d 1188 - Anderson Living Trust v. WPX Energy Production, LLC (2014)
2 federal appellate · 8 district · 34 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 Beacon Theaters Inc v. C Westover · Ross v. Bernhard · Sims v. Sims · Landavazo v. Sanchez · Kern Ex Rel. Kern v. St. Joseph Hospital, Inc.
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 44 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“the defendant has actively misled the plaintiff respecting the cause of action, or where the plaintiff has in some extraordinary way been prevented from asserting his rights. Million v. Frank , 47 F.3d 385 , 389 (10th Cir. 1995). The doctrine of equitable estoppel applies where a party has "(1) made a statement or action that amounted to a false representation or concealment of material facts, or intended to convey facts that are inconsistent with those a party subsequently attempts to assert, with (2) the intent to deceive the other party, and (3) knowledge of the real facts other than conveyed”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage“(1) whether the employer is entitled to control the manner and means of the individual’s performance; (2) the method of compensating the individual; (3) whether the employer has furnished equipment for the individual; ... (4) whether the employer has the power to terminate the individual without cause[;][5] the type of occupation involved and whether it is generally performed without supervision; [6] the skill required for the job; [7] whether the employer furnishes the tools or instrumentalities for the job; [8] how long the individual has been employed; [9] whether the work is part of the employer’s regular business; and [10] whether the employer is engaged in business activities.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“(1) the type of occupation involved and whether it is generally performed without supervision; (2) the skill required for the job; (3) whether the employer furnishes the tools or instrumentalities for the job; (4) how long the individual has been employed; (5) whether the work is part of the employer's regular business; and (6) whether the employer is engaged in business activities.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. State v. Johnson
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.