Devoe v. Atlanta Paper Co.’s Empirical Analysis

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2 federal appellate · 1 state decisions

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

1. “"(a) The provisions of sections 206 [minimum wages] and 207 [maximum hours] of this title shall not apply with respect to — "(1) any employee employed in a bona fide executive, administrative, or professional capacity, or in the capacity of outside salesman (as such terms are defined and delimited from time to time by regulations of the Secretary * * *)".”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. City of Billings v. Smith

2. “* * * are marked out by the fair and natural meaning of the words `bona fide executive * * * capacity.'”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. City of Billings v. Smith

3. “employee employed in a bona fide executive * * * capacity”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. City of Billings v. Smith