Radio Officers' Union of the Commercial Telegraphers Union v. National Labor Relations Board’s Empirical Analysis
1954
Citation profile
1,698 federal appellate · 21 district · 109 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 2,197 later decisions (92 by the Supreme Court) — most recently June 2021 · most notably Sandstrom v. Montana (1979), Office of Personnel Management v. Richmond (1990)
1,698 federal appellate · 21 district · 109 state decisions — followed in 22 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
reviewedNational Labor Relations Board v. Radio Officers' Union of Commercial Telegraphers Union (from Second Circuit Court of Appeals)
Relationships
Applies 29 U.S.C. § 153 (§ 3 of the National Labor Relations Act) · 29 U.S.C. § 157 (§ 7 of the National Labor Relations Act) · 29 U.S.C. § 158 (§ 8 of the National Labor Relations Act) · 29 U.S.C. § 160 (§ 10 of the National Labor Relations Act)
Relies on Universal Camera Corp. v. National Labor Relations Board · Consolidated Edison Co of New York v. National Labor Relations Board · National Labor Relations Board v. Jones & Laughlin Steel Corp. · Steele v. Louisville & Nashville Railroad · Phelps Dodge Corporation v. National Labor Relations Board
Cited together with Universal Camera Corp. v. National Labor Relations Board · Local 357, International Brotherhood of Teamsters, Chauffeurs, Warehousemen & Helpers v. National Labor Relations Board · National Labor Relations Board v. Erie Resistor Corp. · National Labor Relations Board v. Great Dane Trailers, Inc. · Republic Aviation Corporation v. National Labor Relations Board
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 2,197 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“any purpose other than to compel payment of union dues and fees”
37 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“Employees shall have the right to self-organization, to form, join, or assist labor organizations, to bargain collectively through representatives of their own choosing, and to engage in other concerted activities for the purpose of collective bargaining or other mutual aid or protection, and shall also have the right to refrain from any or all of such activities except to the extent that such right may be affected by an agreement requiring membership in a labor organization as a condition of employment as authorized in section 158(a)(3) of this title.”
17 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the dissent“by discrimination in regard to hire or tenure of employment or any term or condition of employment to encourage or discourage membership in any labor organization.”
17 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.