Rodriguez v. Ager’s Empirical Analysis
705 F.2d 1229 · 1983
Citation profile
12 federal appellate · 8 district · 18 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 57 later decisions — most recently April 2018 · most notably 117 Md. App. 72 - Empire Fire and Marine Ins. Co. v. Liberty Mutual Ins. Co. (1997), Empire Fire and Marine Insurance Company v. Guaranty National Insurance Company (1989)
12 federal appellate · 8 district · 18 state decisions — followed in 12 states
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 O’Callahan v. Parker, Warden · Beigel v. United States · Transamerican Freight Lines, Inc. v. Brada Miller Freight Systems, Inc. · Barnes v. Smith · Simmons v. King
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 57 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“(c) Exclusive possession and responsibilities. (1) The lease shall provide- that the authorized carrier'lessee shall have ■exclusive possession, control and use of the equipment for the duration of the lease. The lease shall further provide that the authorized carrier lessee shall assume complete responsibility for the operation of the equipment for the duration of the lease.”
4 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“[a]lthough one party is required by law to have control and responsibility for conditions of the vehicle, and to bear the consequences of any negligence, the party responsible in law to the injured or damaged person may seek indemnity from the party responsible in fact.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“When [an ICC placard is] not removed upon cancellation of a lease, it subjects the public to the evils which Congress attempted to eliminate when the independent contractor system was rejected.”
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.