Weaver v. Weinberger’s Empirical Analysis
1975
Citation profile
2 federal appellate ·
Relationships
Applies 30 U.S.C. § 902 · 30 U.S.C. § 921
Relies on 144 W. Va. 537 - Davis v. Fire Creek Fuel Company · 70 F. Supp. 155 - Pennsylvania Casualty Co. v. Elkins · 389 F. Supp. 1296 - Johnson v. Weinberger
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 9 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“The relationship of employer and employee is synonymous with the ancient terms of master and servant. Pennsylvania Casualty Co. v. Elkins, 70 F. Supp. 155 (1947). Generally speaking, an employee is a person who renders service to another usually for wages, salary or other financial consideration, and who in the performance of such service is entirely subject to the direction and control of the other, such other being the employer. * * *”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
How this case has been treated — in progress
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