Shields v. Bechtel Power Corp.’s Empirical Analysis
1977
Citation profile
2 federal appellate · 1 district · 1 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Royal Indemnity Co. v. Southern California Petroleum Corp. · Hilzer v. MacDonald · Kamali v. Hawaiian Electric Co., Inc. · Markle v. Williamson · Hill Lines, Inc. v. Pittsburg Plate Glass 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 5 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“Likewise a third-party plaintiff can not recover from an employer by merely changing the nature of his complaint to a cause based on indemnity. ... It appears to this court that the only justifiable way to abrogate the Wyoming Workmen’s Compensation provision and its exclusive remedy thereunder is by a written contract of indemnity against the employer.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
How this case has been treated — in progress
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