Webb v. ABF Freight System, Inc.’s Empirical Analysis
155 F.3d 1230 · 1998
Citation profile
38 federal appellate · 16 district · 6 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 103 later decisions — most recently October 2024 · most notably Mulvihill v. Top-Flite Golf Co. (2003), Woodworker's Supply, Inc. v. Principal Mutual Life Insurance (1999)
38 federal appellate · 16 district · 6 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. § 185 (§ 301 of the Labor Management Relations Act of 1947 (Taft-Hartley Act))
Relies on United Steelworkers v. Warrior & Gulf Navigation Co. · Vaca v. Sipes · DelCostello v. International Brotherhood of Teamsters · Hines v. Anchor Motor Freight, Inc. · United Parcel Service, Inc. v. Mitchell
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 103 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“We review the denial of a motion for a new trial for an abuse of discretion, and we may reverse the district court `only if [it] made a clear error of judgment or exceeded the bounds of permissible choice in the circumstances.'”
4 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“It is well-established that when interpreting the terms of a labor contract, a fact-finder is entitled-and indeed, in some cases required-to look to the past practices of the parties and the 'common law of the shop' to determine the parties' contractual obligations.”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“[N]o particular form of words is essential if the instruction as a whole conveys the correct statement of the applicable law.”
3 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.