Magma Copper Company v. Secretary of Labor’s Empirical Analysis
645 F.2d 694 · 1981
Citation profile
17 federal appellate ·
Relationships
Relies on Whirlpool Corp. v. Marshall · Montana Power Company v. Environmental Protection Agency · Leone v. Mobil Oil Corp. · Reich v. Webb · Irvington Moore, Division of U. S. Natural Resources, Inc. v. The Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission and F. Ray Marshall, Secretary of Labor, Gem Top Manufacturing, Inc. v. The Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission and F. Ray Marshall, Secretary of Labor
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 27 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“is to be liberally construed to effectuate the congressional purpose”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. 1998 O.S.H.D. (Cch) P 31,558, 98 Cal. Daily Op. Serv. 3146, 98 Daily Journal D.A.R. 4339 Stillwater Mining Company v. Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission Secretary of Labor, Mine Safety and Health Administration (Msha) · United Mine Workers of America v. Federal Mine Safety & Health Review Commission“[miner representatives may accompany federal inspectors] during the physical inspection of any .. . mine made pursuant to the provisions of subsection (a) .... Such representative of miners . .. shall suffer no loss of pay during the period of his participation in the inspection made under this subsection.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“(t)he walkaround pay provision and the participation right are both aimed at the protection of the health and safety of miners-the single overriding purpose of the legislation.”
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.