National Labor Relations Board v. Superior Co.’s Empirical Analysis
199 F.2d 39 · 1952
Citation profile
33 federal appellate ·
How this case has been cited
Cited by 39 later decisions — most recently July 1986 · most notably Surprenant Manufacturing Co. v. National Labor Relations Board (1965), National Labor Relations Board v. Dorn's Transportation Co. (1969)
33 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 National Labor Relations Board v. Jones & Laughlin Steel Corp. · Republic Aviation Corporation v. National Labor Relations Board · Joy Silk Mills, Inc. v. National Labor Relations Board · National Labor Relations Board v. Ford · Martel Mills Corp. v. National Labor Relations Board
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 39 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“It is conceded by the Board that the Act does not interfere with the normal exercise of the right of the employer to select its employees or to discharge them for any reason except union activity or relationship. If a discharge is not arbitrarily made with a purpose, or as an excuse, to avoid the statute, it is not unlawful. (Citations omitted). The employer’s right to hire and fire includes the right to make reasonable rules and regulations and to discipline employees for violation thereof.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“If the refusal of the [company] to grant the requested leave of absence was valid, disciplinary action which followed for a violation of the order was not improper. However, if the refusal to grant the requested leave of absence was invalid under the Act, the disciplinary action which followed was likewise invalid.”
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.