Nathanson v. National Labor Relations Board’s Empirical Analysis
1952
Citation profile
358 federal appellate · 38 district · 27 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 976 later decisions (36 by the Supreme Court) — most recently September 2021 · most notably Albemarle Paper Co. v. Moody (1975), Sure-Tan, Inc. v. National Labor Relations Board (1984)
358 federal appellate · 38 district · 27 state decisions — followed in 11 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
reviewedNathanson v. National Labor Relations Board (from First Circuit Court of Appeals)
Relationships
Relies on Phelps Dodge Corporation v. National Labor Relations Board · Thompson v. Magnolia Petroleum Co. · Gardner v. State of New Jersey · Amalgamated Utility Workers v. Consolidated Edison Co.
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 976 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[I]f one claimant is to be preferred over others, the purpose should be clear from the statute.”
23 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“The Board is the public agent chosen by Congress to enforce the National Labor Relations Act. A back pay order is a reparation order designed to vindicate the public policy of the statute by making the employees whole for losses suffered on account of an unfair labor practice. Congress has made the Board the only party entitled to enforce the Act. A back pay order is a command to pay an amount owed the Board as agent for the injured employees. The Board is therefore a claimant in the amount of the back pay.”
19 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“the bankruptcy court normally should stay its hand pending an administrative decision.”
13 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.