American Federation of Labor v. National Labor Relations Board’s Empirical Analysis
308 U.S. 401 · 1940
Citation profile
779 federal appellate · 58 district · 66 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 1,249 later decisions (53 by the Supreme Court) — most recently April 2024 · most notably Leedom v. Kyne (1958), Boire v. Greyhound Corp. (1964)
779 federal appellate · 58 district · 66 state decisions — followed in 15 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
reviewedAmerican Federation of Labor v. National Labor Relations Board (from District of Columbia Circuit Court of Appeals)
Relationships
Relies on Myers v. Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corp. · Rochester Telephone Corporation v. United States · Ford Motor Co. v. National Labor Relations Board · Shields v. Utah Idaho Central Railroad
Cited together with Leedom v. Kyne · Boire v. Greyhound Corp. · Pittsburgh Plate Glass Co. v. National Labor Relations Board · McCulloch v. Sociedad Nacional De Marineros De Honduras · Universal Camera Corp. 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 1,249 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“specially conferred by legislation relating specifically to the determinations of such agencies made subject to review, and prescribing the manner and extent of review.”
5 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“[t]he conclusion is unavoidable that Congress, as the result of a deliberate choice of conflicting policies, has excluded representation certifications of the Board from the review by federal appellate courts authorized by the Wagner Act except in the circumstances specified in Sec. 9(d).”
4 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“any person aggrieved by a final order of the Board (including an order of certification under section 9)”
4 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.