Volentine v. Bechtel, Inc.’s Empirical Analysis
1998
Citation profile
1 district · 3 state decisions
Relationships
Applies 29 U.S.C. § 157 (§ 7 of the National Labor Relations Act) · 29 U.S.C. § 158 (§ 8 of the National Labor Relations Act)
Relies on Celotex Corporation v. Catrett H · Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. v. Zenith Radio Corporation · Lujan v. National Wildlife Federation · San Diego Building Trades Council v. Garmon · Lingle v. Norge Division of Magic Chef, 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 5 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“Although this Court respects the analysis of its sister circuits, it will not throw out a case on a mere 'suggestion' of law-particularly when its own circuit has been silent on this possible 'suggestion.'”
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.