Judd v. Wasie’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

9 federal appellate · 1 district · 2 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 15 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “* * * An examination of the more recent decisions will show, I think, that the present general view is — and soundly so — that, on such an offer, if the employee remains in the service of the employer throughout the year, he has earned the right to the bonus as additional compensation for his services, and, if the business has net profits for the year, the employer owes him such additional compensation as a contractual obligation from accepted offer. See Am.Jur., Master and Servant, § 71, pp. 501-502.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the concurrence
   e.g. 277 F. Supp. 338 - Lucas v. Seagrave Corporation · United Properties Incorporated, and Hans Bodsgard v. Emporium Department Stores, Inc., Debtor, and Its Creditors Committee

2. ““A promise to pay an employee a bonus at the end of the year which does not obligate the employee to do or forego doing something that he was not otherwise obligated to do or fore-go is a mere gratuity.” Judd v. Wasie, 211 F.2d 826, at p. 832 (8th Cir., 1954).”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 254 F. Supp. 830 - Kassab v. Ragnar Benson, Inc.