Foster v. General Motors Corp.’s Empirical Analysis
191 F.2d 907 · 1951
Citation profile
18 federal appellate · 1 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 32 later decisions — most recently August 1985 · most notably Weir v. Anaconda Co. (1985), Monmouth Lumber Co. v. Indemnity Insurance Co. of North America (1956)
18 federal appellate · 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. § 151 (§ 1 of the National Labor Relations Act)
Relies on Griffin v. Griffin · Aeronautical Industrial District Lodge 727 v. Campbell · Siaskiewicz v. General Electric Co. · Dwyer v. Crosby Co. · Stahly, Inc. v. M. H. Jacobs Co.
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 32 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““Should it appear from the affidavits of a party opposing the motion that he cannot for reasons stated present by affidavit facts essential to justify his opposition, the court may deny the motion or may order a continuance to permit affidavits to be obtained or depositions to be taken or discovery to be had, or may make such other order as is just.””
1 later decision 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.