Donovan v. Daniel Construction Co.’s Empirical Analysis
692 F.2d 818 · 1982
Citation profile
15 federal appellate ·
How this case has been cited
Cited by 23 later decisions — most recently December 2017
15 federal appellate ·
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
Applies 29 U.S.C. § 651 (§ 2 of the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970) · 29 U.S.C. § 654 (§ 5 of the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970) · 29 U.S.C. § 658 (§ 9 of the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970) · 29 U.S.C. § 659 (§ 10 of the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970) · 29 U.S.C. § 660 (§ 11 of the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970)
Relies on Cape & Vineyard Division v. Occupational Safety & Health Review Commission · Brennan v. Butler Lime & Cement Co. · Lee Way Motor Freight, Inc. v. Secretary of Labor · Faultless Division, Bliss & Laughlin Industries, Inc. v. Secretary of Labor · Modern Drop Forge Company v. 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 23 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“no direct or immediate relationship to safety or health.”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“the Commission could properly decide that de minimis treatment of an OSHA violation is acceptable if there is a very attenuated relationship between the existence of the violation and the health and safety of the employees.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“[t]here is no doubt (and it is agreed) that the Act gives the Commission authority, in appropriate cases, to reduce violations to the de minimis category.”
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.