Mitchell v. Williams’s Empirical Analysis
420 F.2d 67 · 1969
Citation profile
17 federal appellate · 2 district · 1 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 39 later decisions — most recently July 2017 · most notably Prakash v. American University (1984), Brennan v. Maxey's Yamaha, Inc. (1975)
17 federal appellate · 2 district · 1 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
Relies on Anderson v. Mt. Clemens Pottery Co. · People's Church of San Fernando Valley, Inc. v. County of Los Angeles · Mid-Continent Petroleum Corp. v. Keen · Wirtz v. C & P Shoe Corp. · Walling v. Yeakley
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 39 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“"In any action commenced ... to recover unpaid minimum wages, ... or liquidated damages, under the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938, as amended, if the employer shows to the satisfaction of the court that the act or omission giving rise to such action was in good faith and that he had reasonable grounds for believing that his act or omission was not a violation of the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938, as amended, the court may, in its sound discretion, award no liquidated damages or award any amount thereof not to exceed the amount specified in section 216 of this title." 29 U.S.C. § 260 .”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority““An employee who brings suit under § 16(b) of the Act for unpaid minimum wages or unpaid overtime compensation, together with liquidated damages, has the burden of proving that he performed work for which he was not properly compensated. The remedial nature of this statute and the great public policy which it embodies, however, militate against making that burden an impossible hurdle for the employee. Due regard must be given to the fact that it is the employer who has the duty under § 11(c) of the Act to keep proper records of wages, hours and other conditions and practices of employment and who is in position to produce the most probative facts concerning the nature and amount of work performed. Employees seldom keep such records themselves; even if they do, the records may be and frequently are untrustworthy. It is in this setting that a proper and fair standard must be erected for the employee to meet in carrying out his burden of proof.””
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Irby v. Davis“enterprise engaged in commerce or in the production of goods for commerce”
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.