World Brilliance Corp. v. Bethlehem Steel Co.’s Empirical Analysis
342 F.2d 362 · 1965
Citation profile
30 federal appellate · 6 district · 12 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 75 later decisions — most recently March 2025 · most notably Doctor's Associates, Inc. v. Distajo (1995), O.R. Securities, Inc. v. Professional Planning Associates, Inc. (1988)
30 federal appellate · 6 district · 12 state decisions — followed in 10 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.
Relationships
Relies on John Wiley & Sons, Inc. v. Livingston · Glidden Company v. Zdanok Et Al. · International Union, United Automobile, Aircraft & Agricultural Implement Workers of America v. Anderson · Textile Workers Union v. Darlington Manufacturing Co. · Robert Lawrence Co. v. Devonshire Fabrics, Inc.
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 75 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[m]otions may be decided wholly on the papers, and usually are.”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“A party aggrieved by the alleged failure, neglect, or refusal of another to arbitrate under a written agreement for arbitration may petition any United States district court which, save for such agreement, would have jurisdiction under Title 28, in a civil action or in admiralty of the subject matter of a suit arising out of the controversy between the parties, for an order directing that such arbitration proceed in the manner provided for in such agreement. * * * The court shall hear the parties, and upon being satisfied that the making of the agreement for arbitration or the failure to comply therewith is not in issue, the court shall make an order directing the parties to proceed to arbitration in accordance with the terms of the agreement. * * *”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“[t]he only issues which the court is authorized to consider on a motion to compel arbitration are ones which pertain to 'the making of the arbitration agreement or the failure, neglect, or refusal to perform the same,'”
2 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.