Donovan v. Shaw’s Empirical Analysis
668 F.2d 985 · 1982
Citation profile
21 federal appellate · 4 district · 1 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 33 later decisions — most recently July 2018 · most notably Wheeler v. Hurdman (1987), Dubbs ex rel. Dubbs v. Head Start, Inc. (2003)
21 federal appellate · 4 district · 1 state decisions
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 United States v. Powell · Oklahoma Press Pub Co v. Walling US News Printing Co · Nachman Corp. v. Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation · Endicott Johnson Corp. v. Perkins · Dayton Board of Education v. Brinkman
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 33 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“that a subpoena enforcement proceeding is not the proper forum in which to litigate the question of [FLSA] coverage.”
5 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“the investigation is authorized by Congress, is for a purpose Congress can order, and the documents sought are relevant to the inquiry.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“The material sought by the subpoena was not plainly irrelevant to lawful purposes of the [agency] and it was the duty of the district court to order its production.”
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.