Nagle v. Commonwealth’s Empirical Analysis
1980
Citation profile
5 state decisions
Relationships
Applies 30 U.S.C. § 901 (Black Lung Benefits Act)
Relies on Pennsylvania Coal Mining Ass'n v. Insurance Department · Nagle v. Pennsylvania Insurance Department · Commonwealth ex rel. Blumberg v. Greenberg · Nationwide Mutual Insurance v. Commonwealth · Commonwealth v. Pennsylvania Coal Mining Ass'n
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.
“"[T]here is no evidence that the initial classification and rate were patently erroneous or unsupported by information then available regarding the relationship of black lung to the coal-hauling industry. . . . Petitioners [(the coal haulers)] were unable to persuade the Commissioner on the record of the hearing below that coal haulers were improperly included or improperly classified as to 1976."”
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.