Starrett v. Bruce’s Empirical Analysis
391 F.2d 320 · 1968
Citation profile
16 federal appellate · 2 district · 1 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 28 later decisions — most recently August 2016 · most notably Peter J. Brennan, Secretary of Labor, United States Department of Labor v. Schwerman Trucking Company of Virginia, Inc., a Corporation (1976), Archie Baird, and Cross-Appellants v. Wagoner Transportation Company, and Cross-Appellees (1970)
16 federal appellate · 2 district · 1 state decisions
Later decisions citing this case, by decade. The current decade is in progress, and our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so the latest bars are undercounted — not a real decline.
Relationships
Applies 29 U.S.C. § 216
Relies on Levinson v. Spector Motor Service · Morris v. McComb · Bumgarner v. Joe Brown Co. · Walling v. Comet Carriers, 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.
“It is the existence of the power to establish the qualifications and maximum hours of service pursuant to the provisions of section 204 of the Motor Carrier Act, rather than the conditions or qualifications established by the Interstate Commerce Commission in the exercise of that power that Congress has made the test as to whether or not section 7 of the Fair Labor Standards Act is applicable to employees.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority““The power of the Secretary of Transportation to establish maximum hours and qualifications of service of employees, on which exemption depends, extends to those classes of employees and those only who: (1) Are employed by carriers whose transportation of passengers or property by motor vehicle is subject to his jurisdiction under section 204 of the Motor Carrier Act ... and (2) engage in activities of a character directly affecting the safety of operation of motor vehicles in the transportation on the public highways of passengers or property in interstate or foreign commerce within the meaning of the Motor Carrier Act.” 29 C.F.R. § 782.2 (a).”
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.