Phillips v. Par Electrical Contractors’s Empirical Analysis
2002
Citation profile
1 federal appellate · 6 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on West v. Posten Construction Co. · Akers v. Warson Garden Apartments · Ceradsky v. Mid-America Dairymen, Inc. · Miller v. Hirschbach Motor Lines, Inc. · Porter v. Erickson Transport Corp.
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 9 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“(1) the extent of control [granted by the contracts], (2) the actual exercise of control, (3) the duration of the employment, (4) the right to discharge, (5) the method of payment, (6) the degree to which the alleged employer furnished equipment, (7) the extent to which the work is the regular business of the employer, and (8) the [label used in the] employment contracts].”
2 later decisions 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.