448 F. Supp. 300 - Skipper v. Mathews’s Empirical Analysis

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8 federal appellate ·

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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 12 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “for purposes of the Act. The court ruled that although the repair work did not in itself involve the extraction of coal, properly functioning equipment was essential to coal mining and this was sufficient to satisfy the requirement that the facility be used in”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Director, Office of Workers' Compensation Programs v. Ziegler Coal Co.

2. “facilities must be used in the extraction of coal 'in such area,' " the court went on to say that it was "not concerned by the fact that the [repair shop was] not in the immediate area of a coal mine,”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Director, Office of Workers' Compensation Programs v. Ziegler Coal Co.

3. “[i]t was, however, part of the overall process because coal cannot be extracted without properly functioning equipment.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Falcon Coal Company, Inc. v. Corbett Clemons