Thomas v. Brock’s Empirical Analysis
810 F.2d 448 · 1987
Citation profile
14 federal appellate · 1 district · 1 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 22 later decisions — most recently June 2023
14 federal appellate · 1 district · 1 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 29 U.S.C. § 201 (American Samoa Labor Standards Amendments of 1956)
Relies on Hartford-Empire Co. v. United States · H. K. Porter Co. v. National Friction Products Corp. · Brumby Metals, Inc. v. Bargen · Alberti v. Cruise
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 22 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“are mandatory and must be observed in every instance”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“Every order granting an injunction and every restraining order shall set forth the reasons for its issuance; shall be specific in terms; [and] shall describe in reasonable detail, and not by reference to the complaint or other document, the act or acts sought to be restrained.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“Every order granting an injunction and every restraining order shall set forth the reasons for its issuance.”
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.