Taft Broadcasting Co. v. Radio Broadcast Technicians Local Union No. 253 of International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

24 federal appellate · 2 district · 1 state decisions

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 29 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. ““First, the purpose to exclude a particular type of dispute from the arbitration promise must be clearly spelled out. And second, courts must overcome the temptation of passing on the intrinsic merits of the controversy under the guise of determining whether the dispute is within the promise to arbitrate.” 298 F.2d 707, at p. 709 .”

   4 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. United Furniture Workers v. Fort Smith Couch & Bedding Co. · Oil, Chemical and Atomic Workers International Union v. Arkansas Louisiana Gas Co.

2. ““confined to ascertaining whether the party seeking arbitration is making a claim which on its face is governed by the contract.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Freight Drivers & Helpers Local Union 557 v. Anchor Motor Freight, Inc., of Delaware