Goldberg v. Barger Construction Co.’s Empirical Analysis
1962
Citation profile
4 federal appellate ·
Relationships
Applies 29 U.S.C. § 201 (American Samoa Labor Standards Amendments of 1956) · 29 U.S.C. § 203 · 29 U.S.C. § 207
Relies on Skidmore v. Swift & Co. · Kirschbaum v. Walling US Arsenal Bldg Corporation · Drews v. Maryland · Mitchell v. C. W. Vollmer & Co. · 10 East 40th Street Building, Inc. v. Callus
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 5 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“so directly and vitally related to the functioning of an instrumentality or facility of interstate commerce as to be, in practical effect, a part of it, rather than isolated, local activity”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Wirtz v. McDaniel
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.