Shields v. General Electric Co.’s Empirical Analysis
1970
Citation profile
2
cited by 2 later decisions
November 1971
most recently cited
2 federal appellate ·
Relationships
Applies 29 U.S.C. § 152 (§ 2 of the National Labor Relations Act) · 29 U.S.C. § 185 (§ 301 of the Labor Management Relations Act of 1947 (Taft-Hartley Act))
Most-quoted passages
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“a standard price does not become established on the basis of some employee's hopes or thoughts; nor does it become established automatically or by time or custom.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
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