Brown & Root, Inc. v. Donovan’s Empirical Analysis
747 F.2d 1029 · 1984
Citation profile
27 federal appellate · 1 district · 2 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 41 later decisions (1 by the Supreme Court) — most recently August 2005 · most notably 108 Ill. 2d 502 - Wheeler v. Caterpillar Tractor Co. (1985), Kansas Gas & Electric Co. v. Brock, Secretary of Labor, Et Al. (1986)
27 federal appellate · 1 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 30 U.S.C. § 815 · 42 U.S.C. § 5851
Relies on Ford Motor Credit Co. v. Milhollin · Edgar v. Mite Corp. · Escondido Mutual Water Co. v. La Jolla Band of Mission Indians · Avoyelles Sportsmen's League, Inc. v. Marsh · National Labor Relations Board v. Scrivener
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 41 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“(1) commenced, caused to be commenced, or is about to commence or cause to be commenced a proceeding under this chapter ...; (2) testified or is about to testify in any such proceeding; or (3) assisted or participated or is about to assist or participate in any manner in such a proceeding or in any other manner in such a proceeding or in any other action to carry out the purposes of this chapter....”
5 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“(1) commenced ... a proceeding under this chapter or the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 [together referred to below as "the Acts’’] ... or ... for the administration or enforcement of the requirements of ... [the Acts]; (2) testified ... in any such proceeding or; (3) assisted or participated ... in any manner in such a proceeding or in any other action to carry out the purposes of ... [the Acts].”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“corporate 'whistle blowers' who inform responsible officials of corporate failings,” and did not extend protection to employees who file”
2 later decisions 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.