Phillips v. Harvey Co.’s Empirical Analysis
1954
Citation profile
11 federal appellate · 6 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on 22 Tenn. App. 70 - Gargaro v. Kroger Grocery & Baking Co. · Ill. Cent. R. Co. v. Nichols · Jackson v. B. Lowenstein Bros., Inc. · Ashworth v. Carnation Co. · 6 Tenn. App. 653 - City of Nashville v. Fox
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 19 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““If the owner retains general control of his premises, an employee of an independent contractor who performs work on the premises is an invitee and the owner owes him the duty of exercising reasonable care to have the premises in a reasonably safe condition for use in a manner consistent with the purpose of the invitation. * *”
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.