Weeghman v. Killifer’s Empirical Analysis
215 F. 289 · 1914
Citation profile
7 federal appellate · 1 district · 4 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 14 later decisions — most recently February 1984
7 federal appellate · 1 district · 4 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 Marble Company v. Ripley · Angle v. Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha Railway Co. · Angle v. Chicago St P M O Ry Co · Rice v. . Manley · Otis v. Gregory
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 14 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“•‘1. The compensation of the party of the second part stipulated in this contract shall be apportioned as follows: 75% thereof for services rendered and 25% thereof for and in consideration of the player’s covenant to sanction and abide by his reservation by the party of the first part for the season of 191-1, unless released before its termination in accordance with the provisions of this contract. The party of the second part shall be entitled to and shall be paid the full consideration named herein in regular semimonthly installments, unless released prior to the termination of this contract in accordance with section 8 hereof, regardless of whether or not the contracting club exercises the privilege of reserving the party of .the second part for the season of 1914.” "8. It is further understood and agreed that the party of the first part-may, at any time after the beginning and prior to the completion of the period of this contract, give the party of the second part ten days’ written notice to end and determine ail its liabilities and obligations under this contract, in which event all liabilities and obligations undertaken by said parly of the first part, in this contract, shall at once cease and determine at the expiration of said ten days; the said party of the second part shall thereupon be also freed and discharged from obligation to render service to said party of the first part. If such notice be given to the party of the second part while 'abroad’ with the club, t”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Weegham v. Killefer
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.