Coats v. Dish Network, LLC’s Empirical Analysis
2015
Citation profile
1 federal appellate · 2 district · 7 state decisions
Relationships
Applies 21 U.S.C. § 844 (§ 404 of the Controlled Substances Act)
Relies on Gonzalez v Raich · Turbyne v. People · Dubois v. People · Hougum v. Valley Memorial Homes · State Department of Revenue v. Adolph Coors Co.
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 10 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“due to that employee's engaging in any lawful activity off the premises of the employer during non-working hours.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“declin[ing] Coats's invitation to engraft a state law limitation onto the statutory language.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“Nothing in the language of the statute limits the term 'lawful' to state law.”
2 later decisions 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.