Director Office of Workers' Compensation Programs United States Department of Labor v. General Dynamics Corporation’s Empirical Analysis
982 F.2d 790 · 1992
Citation profile
31 federal appellate ·
How this case has been cited
Cited by 36 later decisions — most recently December 2015 · most notably Lagandaon v. Ashcroft (2004), Motor Vehicle Manufacturers Ass'n of the United States v. New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (1994)
31 federal appellate ·
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 Chevron U. S. A. Inc. v. Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc. · Martin v. Occupational Safety & Health Review Commission · Estate of Cowart v. Nicklos Drilling Co. · Pauley v. BethEnergy Mines, Inc. · Potomac Electric Power Co. v. Director, Office of Workers' Compensation Programs
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 36 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“'all functions of the Department of Labor with respect to the administration of benefit programs' under the [LHWCA] and designated the Director to represent him in all review proceedings. Thus the Director, as the policy-making authority, is to be accorded deference.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“in which an asymptomatic condition, not physically impairing the employee in any way, leaves him more susceptible in the future to a serious injury than a completely healthy employee, such that a prospective employer would discriminate against the applicant. Such discrimination would be contrary to the congressional purpose in enacting section 8(f).”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“The section 8(f) relief provision was not intended to create a windfall for any employer that hires a disabled worker by limiting its liability even when the later injury itself would have permanently and totally disabled the employee”
1 later decision 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.