L. R. Willson & Sons, Inc. v. Donovan’s Empirical Analysis
685 F.2d 664 · 1982
Citation profile
22 federal appellate · 1 district · 3 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 47 later decisions — most recently March 2004 · most notably McElroy Electronics Corp. v. Federal Communications Commission (1993), Brock v. Lr Willson & Sons Inc (1985)
22 federal appellate · 1 district · 3 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 South Dakota v. Nebraska · Diamond Roofing Co., Inc. v. Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission and W. J. Usery, the Secretary of Labor, S. D. Mullins Company, Inc. v. Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission and W. J. Usery, the Secretary of Labor, Lance Roofing Company, Inc. v. Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission and W. J. Usery, the Secretary of Labor · Brennan v. Southern Contractors Service · Osh Oshd Bristol Steel Iron Works Inc v. Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission · Southern Railway Co. v. Occupational Safety & Health Review Commission
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 47 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“§ 1926.105 Safety nets. (a) Safety nets shall be provided when workplaces are more than 25 feet above the ground or water surface, or other surfaces where the use of ladders, scaffolds, catch platforms, temporary floors, safety lines, or safety belts is impractical.”
6 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“there is a substantial probability that death or serious physical harm could result ... unless the employer did not, and could not with the exercise of reasonable diligence, know of the presence of the violation.”
4 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“A general standard is not preempted unless a specific standard sets forth the measures that an employer must take to protect employees from a particular hazard.”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. L.R. Willson and Sons, Inc. v. Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission and Raymond J. Donovan, Secretary of Labor, United States Department of Labor, Raymond J. Donovan, Secretary of Labor v. L.R. Willson and Sons, Inc., and Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission · L.R. Willson & Sons, Inc. v. Occupational Safety & Health Review Commission
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.