Brennan v. Arnheim & Neely, Inc.’s Empirical Analysis
1973
Citation profile
41 federal appellate · 23 district · 9 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 182 later decisions (11 by the Supreme Court) — most recently October 2014 · most notably Falk v. Brennan (1973), United States v. Pennsylvania Industrial Chemical Corp. (1973)
41 federal appellate · 23 district · 9 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
reviewedHodgson v. Arnheim & Neely, Inc. (from Third Circuit Court of Appeals)
Relationships
Applies 29 U.S.C. § 201 (American Samoa Labor Standards Amendments of 1956) · 29 U.S.C. § 203 · 29 U.S.C. § 206 (Equal Pay Act of 1963)
Relies on National Labor Relations Board v. International Van Lines · Falk v. Brennan · Mid-Continent Pipe Line Co. v. Hargrave · Gaffney v. Cummings
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 182 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“As used in this Act— ****** (r) “Enterprise” means the related activities performed (either through unified operation or common control) by any person or persons for a common business purpose, and includes all such activities whether performed in one or more establishments or by one or more corporate or other organizational units including departments of an establishment operated through leasing arrangements * * *. [ 29 U.S.C. § 203 (r).] (s) “Enterprise engaged in commerce or in the production of goods for commerce” means an enterprise which has employees engaged in commerce or in the production of goods for commerce, including employees handling, selling, or otherwise working on goods or materials that have been moved in or produced for commerce by any person, and which— (1) * * * beginning February 1, 1969, is an enterprise whose annual gross volume of sales made or business done is not less than $250,-000 (exclusive of excise taxes at the retail level which are separately stated) * * *. [ 29 U.S.C. § 203 (s)(l).] 4”
9 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“In the case of an enterprise which has one or more retail or service establishments, all of the activities which are performed for the furtherance of the common business purpose of operating the retail or service establishments are “related activities.” It is not material that the enterprise sells different goods or provides different services, or that it operates separate retail or service establishments. As stated in the definition, the enterprise includes all related activities whether performed “in one or more establishments.” Since the activities performed by one retail or service establishment are the “same or similar” to the activities performed by another, they are, as such, “related activities.” (See Senate Report No. 145, 87th Cong. 1st Sess. p. 41.) For example, in operations of a single retailing business a drug store may sell a large variety of different products, and a grocery store may sell clothing and furniture and other goods. Clearly all of these activities are “related.” Similarly it is clear that all activities of a department store are “related activities,” even if the store sells a great variety of different types of goods and services and even if, as in some eases, the departmentalized business is conducted in more than one location, as where the department selling garden supplies or electrical appliances is located on separate premises. Whether on the same premises or at separate locations, the activities involved in retail selling of goods or service”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“any person acting directly or indirectly in the interest of an employer in relation to an employee.” 29 U.S.C. § 203 (d). To determine if an individual or an entity is an”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the dissent
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.