Owens v. Rush’s Empirical Analysis
636 F.2d 283 · 1980
Citation profile
44 federal appellate · 20 district ·
How this case has been cited
Cited by 89 later decisions — most recently September 2018 · most notably Trevino v. Celanese Corp. (1983), Wheeler v. Hurdman (1987)
44 federal appellate · 20 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
Relies on Radio & Television Broadcast Technicians Local Union 1264 v. Broadcast Service of Mobile, Inc. · Sibley Memorial Hospital v. Wilson · Baker v. Stuart Broadcasting Co. · Dumas v. Town of Mount Vernon · Curran v. Portland Superintending School Committee
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 89 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“developed by the National Labor Relations Board to determine whether consolidation of separate private corporations is proper in determining the relevant employer”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“is elected by the body politic and acts on its behalf in enforcing the state's laws.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“governments, governmental agencies (and) political subdivisions” that have fifteen or more employees ..., and any agent of such (government, government agency or political subdivision).”
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.