Robinson v. Hooker’s Empirical Analysis
2010
Citation profile
24 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Hampton v. Big Boy Steel Erection · J.C.W. Ex Rel. Webb v. Wyciskalla · Kanagawa v. State by and Through Freeman · Southers v. City of Farmington · McCracken v. Wal-Mart Stores East, LP
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 25 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“Strict construction means that a statute can be given no broader application than is warranted by its plain and unambiguous terms. The operation of the statute must be confined to matters affirmatively pointed out by its terms, and to cases which fall fairly within its letter. A strict construction of a statute presumes nothing that is not expressed.”
5 later decisions quote this exact passage“With regard to Section 287.120, the determination of whether the exclusivity provision applies to co-employees depends upon the meaning of the term “employer.” ... Generally, a co-employee would not fall within [the] statutory definition of an “employer” as a “person ... using the service of another for pay” and “hav[ing] five or more employees.” Strict application of the definition requires us to further conclude that co-employees are not entitled to invoke the employer immunity under Section 287.120.... The employee retains a common law right of action against co-employees who do not fall squarely within the definition of “employer.””
1 later decision quote this exact passage“(1) Every person ... using the service of another for pay; (2) The state, county, municipal corporation, township, school or road, drainage, swamp and levee districts, or school boards, board of education, regents, curators, managers or control commission, board or any other political subdivision, corporation, or quasi-corporation, or cities under special charter, or under the commission form of government; (3) Any of the above-defined employers must have five or more employees to be deemed an employer for the purposes of this chapter....”
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.