Sutton v. Engineered Systems, Inc.’s Empirical Analysis
598 F.2d 1134 · 1979
Citation profile
5 federal appellate ·
How this case has been cited
Cited by 10 later decisions — most recently March 2009
5 federal appellate ·
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 29 U.S.C. § 207 · 29 U.S.C. § 213 · 29 U.S.C. § 216
Relies on 409 F. Supp. 621 - Gilstrap v. SYNALLOY CORP., INDUS. PIPING SUPPLY CO. · Lane v. M's Pub, Inc.
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 10 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“with an expected work period of 480 calendar days”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“customarily recognized department or subdivision”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“a unit with permanent status and function.”
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.