Kabes v. Middleton’s Empirical Analysis

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3 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 3 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “The critical inquiry is whether the employer sustained its burden of establishing that the claimants “participated” in the strike and were therefore disqualified from the receipt of benefits. The employer, to have satisfied this standard, must have shown that there was customary work available and that the employees failed or refused to perform it.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Romanowicz v. Consolidated Freightways Corp.

2. “The statute requires no such communication once the employees have announced a decision not to perform their duties and to honor a picket line.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Romanowicz v. Consolidated Freightways Corp.