Crane v. Conoco, Inc.’s Empirical Analysis
41 F.3d 547 · 1994
Citation profile
11 federal appellate · 3 district · 3 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 64 later decisions — most recently May 2019 · most notably NATIONAL ELEC. CONTRACTORS v. Riveland (1999), Munroe v. Emhart Corp. (1997)
11 federal appellate · 3 district · 3 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. § 653 (§ 4 of the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970)
Relies on O'Melveny & Myers v. Federal Deposit Insurance · Taylor v. List · Jones v. Union Pacific Railroad · 90 Wash. 2d 323 - Kelley v. Howard S. Wright Construction Co. · Federal Deposit Insurance ex rel. American Diversified Savings Bank v. O'Melveny & Meyers
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 64 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“only determine[s] whether there is a genuine issue for trial.”
8 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“OSHA violations do not themselves constitute a private cause of action for breach.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“In the instant case, the precautions Conoco allegedly should have taken (warnings about fire hazards, safety instruction, indication of escape routes) were, in the words of [Crane’s] own expert, “standard” rather than “special.” Therefore, the district court was correct in finding sections 416 and 427 inapplicable. Because the work in which Crane was involved was not, under Montana law, inherently dangerous, we hold that the [inherently dangerous] exception to the rule of nonliability was not met.”
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.