Earley v. Trigg Drilling Co.’s Empirical Analysis
1954
Citation profile
4
cited by 4 later decisions
1
states following
December 1968
most recently cited
4 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on G. I. Construction Co. v. Osborn · Cimarron Telephone Co. v. Nance · Sample v. State Industrial Commission · Jaggers v. Newton Barrett Drilling Co.
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 4 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““A finding by the State Industrial Commission as to dependency, under the death benefit provision of the Workmen’s Compensation Act, will not be disturbed on review where such finding is reasonably supported by competent evidence.””
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Darby v. Boehnlein
How this case has been treated — in progress
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