National Labor Relations Board v. Solo Cup Co.’s Empirical Analysis
237 F.2d 521 · 1956
Citation profile
92 federal appellate · 2 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 94 later decisions — most recently November 1978 · most notably Marshfield Steel Co. v. National Labor Relations Board (1963), Colson Corp. v. National Labor Relations Board (1965)
92 federal appellate · 2 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) · 29 U.S.C. § 160 (§ 10 of the National Labor Relations Act)
Relies on Universal Camera Corp. v. National Labor Relations Board · National Labor Relations Board v. Denver Building & Construction Trades Council · National Labor Relations Board v. Mackay Radio & Telegraph Co. · National Labor Relations Board v. Link-Belt Co. · International Ass'n of Machinists; Tool & Die Makers Lodge No. 35 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 94 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“Nor was the Respondent relieved of such responsibility because of any instruction it issued to management personnel to remain neutral concerning union matters, as these instructions, in any event, were not communicated to the employees.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“A justifiable ground for dismissal is no defense if it is a pretext and not the moving cause.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“we are unable to conclude that ill judgment or lack of consideration add up to illegality”
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.