National Labor Relations Board v. Mackay Radio & Telegraph Co.’s Empirical Analysis
304 U.S. 333 · 1938
Citation profile
1,235 federal appellate · 67 district · 184 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 1,902 later decisions (94 by the Supreme Court) — most recently October 2024 · most notably Consolidated Edison Co of New York v. National Labor Relations Board (1938), Joint Anti-Fascist Refugee Committee v. McGrath (1951)
1,235 federal appellate · 67 district · 184 state decisions — followed in 31 states
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.
Appellate journey
reviewedNational Labor Relations Board v. Mackay Radio & Telegraph Co. (from Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals)
Relationships
Relies on National Labor Relations Board v. Jones & Laughlin Steel Corp. · Morgan v. United States · National Labor Relations Board v. Pennsylvania Greyhound Lines, Inc. · Heiner v. Mellon
Cited together with Universal Camera Corp. v. National Labor Relations Board · National Labor Relations Board v. Fleetwood Trailer Co. · National Labor Relations Board v. Great Dane Trailers, Inc. · National Labor Relations Board v. Erie Resistor Corp. · Consolidated Edison Co of New York v. National Labor Relations Board
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 1,902 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“to protect and continue his business by supplying places left vacant by strikers. And he is not bound to discharge those hired to fill the places of strikers, upon the election of the latter to resume their employment, in order to create places for them.”
13 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“Due process of law guarantees `no particular form of procedure; it protects substantial rights.'”
10 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“understood the issue and was afforded full opportunity to justify [its actions].”
9 later decisions 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.