Fields v. Johnson’s Empirical Analysis
1965
Citation profile
2
cited by 2 later decisions
1
states following
May 1992
most recently cited
2 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Cole v. Tullos · Goodyear Yellow Pine Co. v. Mitchell · J. J. Newman Lumber Co. v. Cameron · Bear Creek Mill Co. v. Fountain · Everett Hardware Co. v. Shaw
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 2 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“an employee is bound to obey the direct order of his master or risk being discharged for insubordination.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
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.