Brooks v. Halsted Communications, Ltd.’s Empirical Analysis

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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 8 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “any self-propelled or towed motor vehicle used on a highway in interstate commerce to transport passengers or property when the vehicle— (1) Has a gross vehicle weight rating or gross combination weight rating, or gross vehicle weight or gross combination weight, of 4,536 kg (10,001 pounds) or more, whichever is greater; or (2) Is designed or used to transport more than 8 passengers (including the driver) for compensation; ...”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 777 F. Supp. 2d 920 - Cerutti v. FRITO LAY, INC.

2. “In short, according to Defendants, prior to passage of the TCA in 2008, one vehicle over 10,000 pounds, regularly (though not necessarily frequently) used in interstate commerce to transport people or property, could vaccinate an employer from the obligation to pay FLSA overtime to the entire body of its drivers.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 777 F. Supp. 2d 920 - Cerutti v. FRITO LAY, INC.

3. “When SAFETEA-LU reduced the power of the Secretary of Transportation to reach only commercial motor carriers it necessarily also reduced the scope of the Secretary’s power over employees, so that (as explicitly defined in [49 U.S.C.] section 31132(2)) it only reached “an operator of a commercial motor vehicle.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 777 F. Supp. 2d 920 - Cerutti v. FRITO LAY, INC.