Shultz v. Falk’s Empirical Analysis
439 F.2d 340 · 1971
Citation profile
13 federal appellate · 5 district · 1 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 28 later decisions (2 by the Supreme Court) — most recently March 2014 · most notably Falk v. Brennan (1973), Brennan v. Arnheim & Neely, Inc. (1973)
13 federal appellate · 5 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.
Appellate journey
Relationships
Relies on Brooklyn Sav Bank v. O'Neil Dize · Rutherford Food Corp. v. McComb · Maryland v. Wirtz · 149 Madison Ave Corporation v. Asselta · Shultz v. Mack Farland & Sons Roofing Co.
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 28 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“Every employer subject to any provision of this chapter or of any order issued under this chapter shall make, keep and preserve such records of the persons employed by him and of the wages, hours, and other conditions and practices of employment maintained by him, and shall preserve such records for such periods of time, and shall make such reports therefrom to the Administrator as he shall prescribe by regulation or order as necessary or appropriate for the enforcement of the provisions of this chapter- or the regulations or orders thereunder.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“engaged in commerce or in the production of goods for commerce, or is employed in an enterprise engaged in commerce or in the production of goods for commerce.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“There can be no doubt that defendants do have employees engaged in 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.