Speed v. Page’s Empirical Analysis

1952

Citation profile

cited by 35 later decisions

states following

October 1997

most recently cited

1 federal appellate · 32 state decisions

How this case has been cited

Cited by 35 later decisions — most recently October 1997 · most notably Doss v. American Ventures, Inc. (1972), 141 So. 2d 852 - Finn v. EMPLOYERS'LIABILITY ASSURANCE CORPORATION (1962)

1 federal appellate · 32 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 Shipp v. Bordelon · Puchner v. Employers' Liability Assur. Corp. · D. H. Holmes Co. v. Morris · Caldwell v. George Sproull Co. · Rayburn v. De Moss

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 35 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

“"It is our conclusion, therefore, that where the operator of an admittedly hazardous business, in the conduct of that business undertakes repair, whether it be of the building housing the same or the equipment therein, rather than have it done under contract, his employees come under the protection of the employers' liability laws of this State."”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
e.g. Segura v. Leleux · 85 So. 2d 315 - Wynn v. Fidelity & Casualty Company of New York
““It would appear that much of this confusion and lack of harmony stems from pronouncements of this Court, made without citations of authority, without due consideration of the object and purpose of the Act, and in total disregard of the admonition of the lawmakers that its provisions should be liberally construed in favor of the employee.””
1 later decision quote this exact passage
e.g. Landry v. Fuselier
“as a fact that the defendant's business was not hazardous within the meaning and contemplation of the act `since he was engaged in farming and dairying and not in the repairing or construction business'”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
e.g. 95 So. 2d 201 - Guillory v. Coal Operators Casualty Company

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.