Garnhum's Case’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

2 district · 8 state decisions

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 10 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “As respects the rights of minors under the act, we do not perceive any reason to differentiate between those who are lawfully employed and those employed as a consequence of the employer’s illegal conduct.... The violation of the statute subjects the employer to the penalties mentioned in the statute; but it does not prevent the relation of employer and employee from coming into existence, nor affect the rights incident to that status which accrue to an employee who himself is free from wrongdoing.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Hutton v. Cape Foods, Inc.

2. “If the employee is injured by reason of the serious and wilful misconduct of an employer ... the amounts of compensation hereinafter provided shall be doubled. ... The employment of any minor, known to be such, in violation of any provision of [Mass.Gen.L. ch. 149 § 60-74, 104] shall constitute serious and wilful misconduct under this section.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Hutton v. Cape Foods, Inc.