Bossert v. . Dhuy’s Empirical Analysis
1917
Citation profile
16 federal appellate · 6 district · 62 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 92 later decisions (5 by the Supreme Court) — most recently June 1985 · most notably Duplex Printing Press Co. v. Deering (1921), Truax v. Corrigan (1921)
16 federal appellate · 6 district · 62 state decisions — followed in 10 states
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.
Appellate journey
reviewedBossert v. Dhuy
Relationships
Relies on Deitrich Loewe et al. v. Martin Lawlor et al. · National Protective Ass'n of Steam Fitters & Helpers v. Cumming · Paine Lumber Co. v. Neal · J. F. Parkinson Co. v. Building Trades Council · Bohn Manufacturing Co. v. Hollis
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 92 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““ An association of individuals may determine that its members shall not work for specified employers of labor. The question ever is as to its purpose in reaching such determination. (Italics mine.) If the determination is reached in good faith for the purpose of bettering the condition of its members and not through malice or otherwise to injure an employer (italics mine) the fact that such action may result in incidental injury to the employer does not constitute a justification for issuing an injunction against enforcing such action. “ Workingmen cannot be compelled to work when by so doing their position as workingmen will be injured, simply because if they do not continue their work a manufacturing employer will not be able to sell as large a quantity of material as he otherwise would, and thus his good will, trade, or business may be affected.””
4 later decisions 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.