United Food and Commercial Workers International Union Local v. United Food and Commercial Workers International Union’s Empirical Analysis

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8 federal appellate ·

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

1. “is not meant as a vehicle for judicial oversight of union activity, but only as a means of addressing unreasonable and arbitrary actions by union officials. The federal courts do not sit as a `super-review' board of internal union grievances unless there is evidence of impropriety in the proceedings.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Hoffman v. Kramer

2. “that by using the phrase `otherwise disciplined,' Congress did not intend to include all acts that deterred the exercise of rights protected under the [Act], but rather meant instead to denote only punishment authorized by the union as a collective entity to enforce its rules.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Webster v. United Auto Workers, Local 51

3. “Courts are reluctant to substitute their judgment for that of union officials in the interpretation of the union's constitution, and will interfere only where the official's interpretation is not fair or reasonable.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Anderson v. International Union, United Plant Guard Workers