Baca v. Helm’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

15 state decisions

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

1. “If the findings of evidentiary fact entered by the director or hearing officer are supported by substantial evidence, they shall not be altered by the Commission.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. City & County of Denver v. Industrial Commission · Royal Globe Insurance Co. v. Collins

2. “[T]he legislature granted the commission the power to make independent ultimate conclusions of fact. Thus, there will be uniform decisions made by the commission concerning issues of causation which arise under similar fact patterns. This legislative purpose is particularly important in claims involving occupational diseases. If causation is limited to the status of an evidentiary fact in any case, then whether similarly situated claimants recover benefits under the Act is wholly dependent upon the referee to whom the case is assigned.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. State Board of Medical Examiners v. McCroskey

3. “The findings of evidentiary fact, as distinguished from ultimate conclusions of fact, made by the administrative law judge or the hearing officer shall not be set aside by the agency on review of the initial decision unless such findings of evidentiary fact are contrary to the weight of the evidence.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Federico v. Brannan Sand & Gravel Co.