Lodge 1858, American Federation of Government Employees v. James E. Webb, Administrator, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Lodge 1858, American Federation of Government Employees v. James E. Webb, Administrator, National Aeronautics and Space Administration Appeal of National Council of Technical Service Industries’s Empirical Analysis
580 F.2d 496 · 1978
Citation profile
26 federal appellate · 5 district · 3 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 60 later decisions (1 by the Supreme Court) — most recently September 2015 · most notably Cannon v. University of Chicago (1979), Spirides v. Reinhardt (1979)
26 federal appellate · 5 district · 3 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 Cort v. Ash · Simon v. Eastern Kentucky Welfare Rights Organization · Yick Wo v. Hopkins · National Labor Relations Board v. Hearst Publications, Inc. · Cannon v. United States
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 60 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“(a) the extent of control which, by the agreement, the master may exercise over the details of the work; lb) whether or not the one employed is engaged in a distinct occupation or business; (c) the kind of occupation, with reference to whether, in the locality, the work is usually done under the direction of the employer or by a specialist without supervision; (d) the skill required in the particular occupation; (e) whether the employer or the workman supplies the instrumentalities, tools, and the place of work for the person doing the work; (f) the length of time for which the person is employed; (g) the method of payment, whether by the time or by the job; (h) whether or not the work is a part of the regular business of the employer; (i) whether or not the parties believe they are creating the relation of master and servant; and (j) whether the principal is or is not in business.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“an officer and an individual who is— (1) appointed in the civil service by one of.the following acting in an official capacity— (A) the President; (B) a Member or Members of Congress, or the Congress; .(C) a member of a uniformed service; (D) an individual who is an employee under this section; (E)- the head of a Government controlled corporation; or (F) an adjutant general designated by the Secretary concerned under section 709(c) of title 32; (2) engaged in the performance of a Federal function under authority of law or an Executive act; and (3) subject to the supervision of -an individual-named by paragraph (1) of this subsection while engaged in the performance of the duties of his position,”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“(a) for the purpose of this title, ‘employee,’ except as otherwise provided by this section or when specifically modified, means an officer and an individual who is ... (3) subject to the supervision of an individual named by paragraph (1) of this subsection while engaged in the performance of the duties of his position.”
1 later decision 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.