290 F. Supp. 677 - Sands v. Abelli’s Empirical Analysis
1968
Citation profile
10 federal appellate · 1 district ·
How this case has been cited
Cited by 24 later decisions (1 by the Supreme Court) — most recently September 2010
10 federal appellate · 1 district ·
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. § 411 · 29 U.S.C. § 412 · 29 U.S.C. § 413
Relies on Van Beeck v. Sabine Towing Co. · Detroy v. American Guild of Variety Artists · Salzhandler v. Caputo · Grand Lodge of International Ass'n of Machinists v. King · International Brotherhood of Boilermakers, Iron Shipbuilders, Blacksmiths, Forgers & Helpers v. Braswell
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 24 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“Assuming, arguendo, the pendency of the action at the time of death, the case for abatement fails on other grounds. Although there appears to be no case squarely on point under the LMRDA, the better reasoned cases hold that where a federal statute grants a right to an individual, whether it be deemed a personal or property right, to deny the remedy on the theory of abatement would be, “perpetuation of a policy which has now had its day.” Without belaboring the point, the sound approach is clearly in favor of survivability where, as here, the statute is designed to have a deterrent effect. Were the Court to hold otherwise, the incentive for discipline of a more permanent nature would be manifest.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
How this case has been treated — in progress
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