Higgins v. Marshall’s Empirical Analysis
584 F.2d 1035 · 1978
Citation profile
13 federal appellate · 4 district ·
How this case has been cited
Cited by 26 later decisions — most recently February 2014 · most notably General Motors Corp. v. Ruckelshaus (1984), 533 F. Supp. 348 - Photo Data, Inc. v. Sawyer (1982)
13 federal appellate · 4 district ·
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
Applies 28 U.S.C. § 291 · 30 U.S.C. § 801 (Black Lung Benefits Act of 1972) · 30 U.S.C. § 811 · 30 U.S.C. § 820 · 30 U.S.C. § 821 · 30 U.S.C. § 843
Relies on Caminetti v. United States · Boston Sand & Gravel Co. v. United States · Banks v. Chicago Grain Trimmers Assn., Inc. · March v. United States · District 6, United Mine Workers of America v. United States Department of the Interior Board of Mine Operations Appeals
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 26 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“the managers intend that the act be construed liberally when improved health or safety to miners will result,”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the dissent“at not less than the regular rate of pay received by him immediately prior to his transfer.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority““Any miner so transferred shall receive compensation for such work at not less than the regular rate of pay received by him immediately prior to his transfer.” 30 U.S.C. § 843 (b)(3).”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the dissente.g. Matala v. Marshall
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.