Douglas v. Wirtz’s Empirical Analysis
1964
Citation profile
2 federal appellate · 1 state decisions
Relationships
Applies 29 U.S.C. § 401 (Labor-Management Reporting and Disclosure Act of 1959) · 29 U.S.C. § 402 · 29 U.S.C. § 433 · 29 U.S.C. § 434 · 29 U.S.C. § 439
Relies on Kordel v. United States · Federal Communications Commission v. American Broadcasting Co. · United States v. Resnick · Osaka Shosen Kaisha Line v. United States · Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen & Enginemen v. Northern Pacific Railway 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 3 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“(b) Every person engaged in providing labor relations consultant service to an employer engaged in an industry affecting commerce pursuant to any agreement or arrangement under which such consultant undertakes activities where an object thereof is, directly or indirectly, (A) to persuade employees not to exercise, or persuade employees as to the manner of exercising, the right to organize and bargain collectively through representatives of their own choosing (B) to supply an employer with information concerning the activities of employees or a labor organization in connection with a labor dispute, except information for use solely in conjunction with a judicial, administrative or arbitral proceeding, shall file annually a report with the Secretary, signed by its president and treasurer or corresponding principal officers, containing the following information: (1) the name under which the labor relations consultant is engaged in doing business and the address of its principal place of business; (2) receipts of any kind from employers on account of labor relations advice or services, designating the sources thereof; (3) disbursements of any kind, in connection with such services and the purposes thereof; and (4) a detailed statement of the terms of such agreement or arrangement. (c) Nothing in this section shall be construed to require any employer or a labor relations consultant to file a report covering the services of a consultant by reason of his giving or agreeing to give ”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
How this case has been treated — in progress
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