Moore v. McDermott, Inc.’s Empirical Analysis
1985
Citation profile
4 state decisions
Relationships
Applies 45 U.S.C. § 51 (Federal Employers' Liability Act)
Relies on Arceneaux v. Domingue · Canter v. Koehring Company · 430 So. 2d 1016 - Wiley v. Missouri Pacific R. Co. · Wiley v. Missouri Pacific Railroad 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.
“No person shall discharge an employee from employment because of said employee having asserted a claim for benefits under the provisions of this Chapter or under the law of any state or of the United States.”
1 later decision 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.