Williams v. Donovan’s Empirical Analysis
1964
Citation profile
9 federal appellate · 1 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 12 later decisions (1 by the Supreme Court) — most recently July 1988
9 federal appellate · 1 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 33 U.S.C. § 901 · 33 U.S.C. § 902 · 33 U.S.C. § 908 · 33 U.S.C. § 921 · 33 U.S.C. § 928
Relies on Universal Camera Corp. v. National Labor Relations Board · O'Leary v. Brown-Pacific-Maxon, Inc. · Berra v. United States · Sentilles v. Inter-Caribbean Shipping Corp. · Travelers Insurance v. Cardillo
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 12 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“it is evident that when considering compensation in a case of permanent partial disability, the form and language of the Act dictate that the wage-earning capacity test be applied Only in those 'other cases' not listed in the schedule.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“incapacity because of injury to earn [thereafter] the wages which the employee was receiving at the time of injury.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“The wage-earning capacity of an injured employee in cases of partial disability under subdivision (c)(21) of this section or under subdivision (e) of this section shall be determined by his actual earnings if such actual earnings fairly and reasonably represent his wage-earning capacity: Provided, however , That if the employee has no actual earnings or his actual earnings do not fairly and reasonably represent his wage-earning capacity, the deputy commissioner may, in the interest of justice, fix such wage-earning capacity as shall be reasonable, having due regard to the nature of his injury, the degree of physical impairment, his usual employment, and any other factors or circumstances in the case which may affect his capacity to earn wages in his disabled condition, including the effect of disability as it may naturally extend into the future.”
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.