Hodgson v. Okada’s Empirical Analysis

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27 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 42 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “'Employ' includes to suffer or permit to work.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Vergnaud Aimable Alain Alcin Gerta Alcin Orasis Alcindor Joseph Miguel Alcius v. Long and Scott Farms John Miller, Jr., Leclerc Deneus Charlonet Gue Alphonse Amilcar Marie Andre Rosette Charles Donald Ernest Wilfride Jean Eugene v. Long and Scott Farms John Miller, Jr. · Aimable

2. “Here, the only regular supervision of the workers came from the Okadas and they benefited from the work performed. The Okadas had the right to direct daily labor on the farm. HPC [the pickle processor] did not have a representative on a daily basis. The Okadas suffered if the cucumbers were not harvested or if they did not meet HPC specifications. On at least one occasion, Eddie [Okada], threatened to fire a worker. The cost of the seed and harvesting operations was debited to the Okadas’ account and they were paid the difference between these amounts and the value of the cucumbers delivered to HPC.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 705 F. Supp. 331 - Gonzalez v. Puente

3. “there are no adequate records which permit anyone to compute, with any degree of certainty at all, the amount of (damage).”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Transport Equipment Co. v. Guaranty State Bank