Paul v. Petroleum Tools Co.’s Empirical Analysis
708 F.2d 168 · 1983
Citation profile
24 federal appellate · 3 district · 4 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 47 later decisions — most recently July 2023 · most notably Dybach v. State of Florida Department of Corrections (1991), Dalheim v. KDFW-TV (1990)
24 federal appellate · 3 district · 4 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
Applies 29 U.S.C. § 213 · 44 U.S.C. § 1507
Relies on Boutell v. Walling · Robicheaux v. Radcliff Material, Inc. · Usery v. Associated Drugs, Inc. · Brennan v. Greene's Propane Gas Service, Inc.
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.
“by a prolonged course of specialized intellectual instruction and study. The specific training and qualifications of an individual plaintiff are not relevant to this determination. Instead, in assessing whether knowledge is”
4 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“an individual ... employed in a bona fide executive, administrative, or professional capacity,”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“who are regarded as employees in learned professions. See id. at 172-73. 24 Similarly, the trainers are required to obtain an university degree and to undergo specialized training in subjects such as human anatomy, physiology, and sports medicine. We therefore affirm the finding that the plaintiffs meet the”
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.