United States v. W. M. Webb, Inc.’s Empirical Analysis
1970
Citation profile
79 federal appellate · 9 district · 23 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 225 later decisions (7 by the Supreme Court) — most recently May 2020 · most notably Moragne v. States Marine Lines, Inc. (1970), Nationwide Mutual Insurance v. Darden (1992)
79 federal appellate · 9 district · 23 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.
Appellate journey
reviewedUnited States v. W. M. Webb, Inc. (from Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals)
Relationships
Applies 26 U.S.C. § 1401 · 26 U.S.C. § 3101 (Federal Insurance Contributions Act) · 26 U.S.C. § 3121 (Federal Insurance Contributions Act) · 26 U.S.C. § 3301 (Federal Unemployment Tax Act) · 26 U.S.C. § 3306 (Federal Unemployment Tax Act) · 29 U.S.C. § 151 (§ 1 of the National Labor Relations Act)
Relies on Enochs v. Williams Packing & Navigation Co. · National Labor Relations Board v. Hearst Publications, Inc. · United States v. Silk · United States v. Price · Bartels v. Birmingham
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 225 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“any individual who, under the usual common law rules applicable in determining the employer-employee relationship, has the status of an employee.”
5 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“Maritime law, the common law of seafaring men, provides an established network of rules and distinctions that are practically suited to the necessities of the sea, just as land-based decisional law provides a body of rules adapted to the various forms of domestic employment. The goal of minimizing uncertainty can be accomplished, in the maritime field, by resort to the “usual” rules of maritime jurisprudence, (footnote omitted).”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority““Control is probably the most important factor under maritime law, just as it is under the tests of land-based employment. . . However, except where there is nearly total relinquishment of control through a bare-boat, or demise, charter, the owner may nevertheless be considered, under maritime law, to have sufficient control to be charged with the duties of an employer.” (Accent added and footnote omitted.)”
3 later decisions 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.