Donovan v. Texaco Inc.’s Empirical Analysis
720 F.2d 825 · 1983
Citation profile
14 federal appellate · 3 district · 2 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 32 later decisions — most recently June 2009 · most notably Kopczynski v. The Jacqueline (1984), Gaffney v. Riverboat Services of Indiana (2006)
14 federal appellate · 3 district · 2 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 18 U.S.C. § 2192 · 29 U.S.C. § 653 (§ 4 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 Southern Ss Co v. National Labor Relations Board · Oil Chemical and Atomic Workers International Union v. Mobil Oil Corporation · Seaboard Coast Line Railroad v. Occupational Safety & Health Review Commission · Southern Pacific Transportation Co. v. Usery · Osh Oshd Clary v. Ocean Drilling and Exploration Co
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 32 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“apply to working conditions of employees with respect to which other Federal agencies ... exercise statutory authority to prescribe or enforce standards or regulations affecting occupational safety or health.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Alexis M. Herman, Secretary of Labor, U.S. Department of Labor v. Tidewater Pacific, Inc. Occupational Safety & Health Review Commission, Tidewater Pacific, Inc. v. Alexis M. Herman, Secretary of Labor, U.S. Department of Labor Occupational Safety & Health Review Commission · Herman US v. Tidewater Pacific Inc“[i]t is the law of this circuit that OSHA regulations do not apply to working conditions of seamen on vessels in navigation ....”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“a disastrous and unworkable rule: one that would require ... vessels to paint all stumbling hazards yellow as they enter port.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Alexis M. Herman, Secretary of Labor, U.S. Department of Labor v. Tidewater Pacific, Inc. Occupational Safety & Health Review Commission, Tidewater Pacific, Inc. v. Alexis M. Herman, Secretary of Labor, U.S. Department of Labor Occupational Safety & Health Review Commission · Herman US v. Tidewater Pacific Inc
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.