Ahle v. Veracity Research Co.’s Empirical Analysis
2010
Citation profile
2 federal appellate · 4 district ·
Relationships
Applies 29 U.S.C. § 213 · 29 U.S.C. § 254 · 29 U.S.C. § 255 · 49 U.S.C. § 13102 · 49 U.S.C. § 31502
Relies on Anderson v. Liberty Lobby, Inc. · Celotex Corporation v. Catrett H · Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. v. Zenith Radio Corporation · Bell Atlantic Corp. v. Twombly · Ashcroft v. Iqbal
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 10 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“mak[ing] decisions regarding the precise manner in which they conduct an investigation - creating action plans, deciding who to interview, what documents to review, what leads to follow, and whether to recommend hiring an expert - ... are more appropriately viewed as choices among 'established techniques, procedures or specific standards described in manuals or other sources,'”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“investigators were merely applying their knowledge and skill in determining what procedure to follow, which ... is not the exercise of discretion and independent judgment contemplated by the regulation.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“whether the employee investigates and resolves matters of significance on behalf of management,”
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.