General Committee of Adjustment of Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers for Missouri-Kansas-Texas Rr v. Missouri-Kansas-Texas R Co’s Empirical Analysis

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319 federal appellate · 42 district · 15 state decisions

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

1. “The concept of mediation is the antithesis of justiciability.”

   22 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Air Line Pilots Ass'n, International v. Texas International Airlines, Inc. · Air Florida, Inc. v. National Mediation Board

2. “If any dispute shall arise among a carrier's employees as to who are the representatives of such employees designated and authorized in accordance with the requirements of this chapter, it shall be the duty of the Mediation Board, upon request of either party to the dispute, to investigate such dispute and to certify to both parties, in writing, within thirty days after the receipt of the invocation of its services, the name or names of the individuals or organizations that have been designated and authorized to represent the employees involved in the dispute, and certify the same to the carrier. Upon receipt of such certification the carrier shall treat with the representative so certified as the representative of the craft or class for the purposes of this chapter. In such an investigation, the Mediation Board shall be authorized to take a secret ballot of the employees involved, or to utilize any other appropriate method of ascertaining the names of their duly designated and authorized representatives in such manner as shall insure the choice of representatives by the employees without interference, influence, or coercion exercised by the carrier.”

   3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Lamoille Valley Railroad v. National Mediation Board · 708 F. Supp. 2d 750 - INTERNATIONAL BROTHERHOOD OF TEAMSTERS AIRLINE DIVISION v. Frontier Airlines, Inc.

3. “If any dispute shall arise among a carrier's employees as to who are the representatives of such employees designated and authorized in accordance with the requirements of this Act, it shall be the duty of the Mediation Board, upon request of either party to the dispute, to investigate such dispute and to certify to both parties, in writing, within thirty days after the receipt of the invocation of its services, the name or names of the individuals or organizations that may have been designated and authorized to represent the employees involved in the dispute, and certify the same to the carrier.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. International Brotherhood of Teamsters, Airlines Division v. Allegiant Air, LLC · International In-Flight Catering Co., Ltd. v. National Mediation Board, International In-Flight Catering Co., Ltd. v. International Brotherhood of Teamsters, Airline Division, International In-Flight Catering Co., Ltd. v. National Mediation Board, and International Brotherhood of Teamsters, Airline Division, International In-Flight Catering Co., Ltd. v. International Brotherhood of Teamsters, Airline Division, and National Mediation Board