Pugh v. Lindsay’s Empirical Analysis
206 F.2d 43 · 1953
Citation profile
2 federal appellate · 3 district · 2 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 19 later decisions — most recently December 2015
2 federal appellate · 3 district · 2 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
Applies 29 U.S.C. § 213
Relies on Phillips v. Walling US · Fleming v. Hawkeye Pearl Button Co. · Helena Glendale Ferry Co. v. Walling · Fanelli v. United States Gypsum Co. · Fletcher v. Grinnell Bros.
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 19 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“The term “employee employed in a bona fide * * * administrative * * * capacity” in section 13(a)(1) of the Act shall mean any employee: (a) Whose primary duty consists of either: (1) The performance of office or non-manual work directly related to management policies or general business operations of his employer or his employer’s customers, or (2) ...; and (b) Who customarily and regularly exercises discretion and independent judgment; and (c)(1) Who regularly and directly assists a proprietor, or an employee employed in a bona fide executive or administrative capacity ..., or (2) Who performs under only general supervision work along specialized lines requiring special training, experience, or knowledge, or (3) Who executes under only general supervision special assignments and tasks; and (d) Who does not devote more than 20 percent ... of his hours worked in the workweek to activities which are not directly and closely related to the performance of the work described in paragraphs (a) through (c) of this section; and (e) Who is compensated for services by a salary or fee basis at a rate of not less than $170 per week....”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“it is incumbent upon one asserting an exemption to bring himself clearly and unmistakably within the spirit and the letter of its terms”
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.