Willard v. Huffman’s Empirical Analysis
1959
Citation profile
6 state decisions
Relationships
Applies 29 U.S.C. § 158 (§ 8 of the National Labor Relations Act)
Relies on San Diego Building Trades Council v. Garmon · Garner v. Teamsters, Chauffeurs & Helpers Local Union No. 776 · United Const Workers Affiliated with United Mine Workers of America v. Laburnum Const Corp · International Union, United Automobile, Aircraft & Agricultural Implement Workers v. Russell · Weber v. Anheuser-Busch, Inc.
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 6 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““No person shall be required by an employer to abstain or refrain from membership in any labor union or labor organization as a condition of employment or continuation of employment.””
2 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.