Noble v. Sombrotto’s Empirical Analysis
2003
Citation profile
1 federal appellate · 3 district ·
Relationships
Applies 29 U.S.C. § 401 (Labor-Management Reporting and Disclosure Act of 1959) · 29 U.S.C. § 402 · 29 U.S.C. § 411 · 29 U.S.C. § 431 · 29 U.S.C. § 501
Relies on Celotex Corporation v. Catrett H · Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. v. Zenith Radio Corporation · Talbot v. Robert Matthews Distributing Co. · Frank Sabolsky v. Michael Budzanoski Appeal of Louis A. Antal · Rhoads v. McFerran
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 4 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“unanimity, timing, and transparency of decision-making processes, the rationale underlying the interpretation, subsequent approval by higher legislative or decision-making bodies within the union hierarchy, the availability of democratic processes to bring about an appropriate amendment to the constitution, past practices within the union, the likelihood that the interpretation at issue would lead to a breach of trust, support for the interpretation in case law, and avoidance of conflict between different provisions of the constitution.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
How this case has been treated — in progress
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