6 O.S.H. Cas.(bna) 1693, 1978 O.S.H.D. (Cch) P 22,813 Empire-Detroit Steel Division, Detroit Steel Corporation v. Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission and Ray Marshall, Secretary of Labor, United States Department of Labor’s Empirical Analysis
579 F.2d 378 · 1978
Citation profile
38 federal appellate · 1 district · 4 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 92 later decisions — most recently February 2017 · most notably United States v. Jones (1984), Georgia Electric Co. v. Marshall (1979)
38 federal appellate · 1 district · 4 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 Consolidated Edison Co of New York v. National Labor Relations Board · Federal Crop Ins Corporation v. Merrill · Rock Island Co v. United States · Atlas Roofing Company Inc v. Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission Irey · United States v. Stewart
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 92 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“arbitrary, capricious, an abuse of discretion, or otherwise not in accordance with law.”
12 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“(1) that the employer failed to render its workplace 'free' of a hazard which was (2) 'recognized' and (3) 'causing or likely to cause death or serious physical harm.'”
6 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. 9 O.S.H. Cas.(bna) 1646, 1981 O.S.H.D. (Cch) P 25,376 St. Joe Minerals Corporation, D/B/A St. Joe Lead Co. Smelting Division v. Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission and Ray Marshall, Secretary of Labor, United States Department of Labor · 9 O.S.H. Cas.(bna) 1848, 1981 O.S.H.D. (Cch) P 25,429 Southern Ohio Building Systems, Inc. v. Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission and Ray Marshall, Secretary of Labor“findings of the Commission with respect to questions of fact, if supported by substantial evidence on the record considered as a whole, shall be conclusive.”
6 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
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.