Rolfes v. Dwellingham’s Empirical Analysis
198 F.2d 591 · 1952
Citation profile
17 federal appellate ·
How this case has been cited
Cited by 22 later decisions (1 by the Supreme Court) — most recently September 1989
17 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
Applies 28 U.S.C. § 1337 · 29 U.S.C. § 101 (Norris-LaGuardia Act) · 45 U.S.C. § 156 (Railway Labor Act)
Relies on Steele v. Louisville & Nashville Railroad · Virginian Ry Co v. System Federation No 40 · Tunstall v. Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen & Enginemen · Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen v. Howard · Graham v. Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen & Enginemen
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.
“in aid of the administrative machinery provided for the adjustment of disputes in the Railway Labor Act”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“change in agreements affecting * * * working conditions”
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.