Gupton v. United States’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

6 federal appellate ·

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 7 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “Workman’s compensation law in North Carolina differs from the law of respondeat superior. There is an established policy of liberal construction in the Workman’s Compensation Act to insure an award of compensation to the employee whenever the liability of the employer is in question. North Carolina Workman’s Compensation Law imposes liability upon an employer if the employee was acting for the benefit of the employer to an appreciable extent when the accident occurred. Hoffman v. Ryder Truck Lines, Inc., 306 N.C. 502 , 293 S.E.2d 807 (1982). The element of control, which is central to respondeat superior, is unnecessary for liability under the North Carolina Workman’s Compensation Act.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Walters v. White

2. “acting within the scope of his employment”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Dwight S. Arnold v. United States