Helmick v. Cincinnati Word Processing, Inc.’s Empirical Analysis
1989
Citation profile
16 federal appellate · 2 district · 151 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 217 later decisions — most recently February 2026 · most notably 59 Ohio St. 3d 108 - Wing v. Anchor Media, Ltd. (1991), Kulch v. Structural Fibers, Inc. (1997)
16 federal appellate · 2 district · 151 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 McDonnell Douglas Corp. v. Green · Plumbers & Steamfitters Joint Apprenticeship Committee v. Ohio Civil Rights Commission · 19 Ohio St. 3d 100 - Mers v. Dispatch Printing Co. · Shaw v. Railroad Co. · Barker v. Scovill, Inc.
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 217 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“A demonstration of detrimental reliance on specific promises of job security can create an exception to the employment-at-will doctrine.”
18 later decisions quote this exact passage““Allowing a plaintiff to pursue common-law remedies in lieu of the relief provided under R.C. Chapter 4112 creates no conflict and serves to supplement the limited protection and coverage of that chapter.””
3 later decisions quote this exact passage“Whoever violates this chapter is subject to a civil action for damages, injunctive relief, or any other appropriate relief.”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage
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.