Shaver v. Bell’s Empirical Analysis
1964
Citation profile
2 district · 35 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 40 later decisions — most recently December 2020 · most notably Ciup v. Chevron U.S.A., Inc. (1996), B. P. Oil Corp. v. Mabe (1977)
2 district · 35 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
Relies on Humble Oil & Refining Co. v. Martin · Coca v. Arceo · Mahoney v. JC Penney Company · Texas Co. v. Wheat · Latta v. Harvey
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 40 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“We would call attention to [two Texas cases], which serve to emphasize that even in the same jurisdiction slight changes in facts may result in different conclusions as to the presence of an issue for determination by the jury. A great number of cases dealing with this subject are annotated [citations]. A study of these cases will reveal that although each case may be used to point out the view courts have taken on specific indicia of control, every case must ultimately be decided on its unique facts. . [Emphasis added]”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“Where the employee [franchisee] is subject only to the control or direction of the employer [franchisor] as to the result to be procured, he is an independent contractor; if he is subject to the control of the employer as to the means to be used in reaching that result, he is an employee [agent].”
1 later decision quote this exact passage““Whether a station operator is an employee of an oil company or an independent contractor depends on the facts of each case, the principal consideration being the control, or right to control, of the operation of the station.””
1 later decision quote this exact passage
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.