Adams v. Catrambone’s Empirical Analysis
359 F.3d 858 · 2004
Citation profile
5 federal appellate · 2 state decisions
Relationships
Applies 28 U.S.C. § 1332 (Class Action Fairness Act of 2005) · 28 U.S.C. § 1653
Relies on Hishon v. King & Spalding · 204 Ill. 2d 159 - People v. Donoho · 198 Ill. 2d 380 - AFM Messenger Service, Inc. v. Department of Employment Security · Bartholet v. REISHAUER A.G. · 156 Ill. 2d 16 - Kuwik v. Starmark Star Marketing & Administration, Inc.
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 28 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“(1) who has been and will continue to be free from control and direction over the performance of his work, both under his contract of service with his employer and in fact; and (2) who performs work which is either outside the usual course of business or is performed outside all of the places of business of the employer unless the employer is in the business of contracting with third parties for the placement of employees; and (3) who is in an independently established trade, occupation, profession or business.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“[t]he primary rule of statutory construction is to ascertain and give effect to the intent of the legislature.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“The best evidence of legislative intent is the statutory language. When possible, the court should interpret the statute according to the plain and ordinary meaning of the language.”
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.