International Brotherhood of Boilermakers v. Rafferty’s Empirical Analysis
348 F.2d 307 · 1965
Citation profile
43 federal appellate · 4 district · 1 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 65 later decisions — most recently August 1989 · most notably Anderson v. Thompson (1981), Simmons v. Avisco, Local 713, Textile Workers Union of America (1965)
43 federal appellate · 4 district · 1 state decisions
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 Brooklyn Sav Bank v. O'Neil Dize · Salzhandler v. Caputo · Grand Lodge of International Ass'n of Machinists v. King · James Ray McCraw v. United Association of Journeymen and Apprentices of the Plumbing and Pipe Fitting Industry of the United States and Canada and Local 43 of United Association of Journeymen and Apprentices of the Plumbing and Pipe Fitting Industry of the United States and Canada, James Ray McCraw v. Local 43 of the United Association of Journeymen and Apprentices of the Plumbing and Pipe Fitting Industry of the United States and Canada
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 65 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“(2) Freedom of speech and assembly. — Every member of any labor organization shall have the right to meet and assemble freely with other members; and to express any views, arguments, or opinions; and to express at meetings of the labor organization his views, upon candidates in an election of the labor organization or upon any business properly before the meeting, subject to the organization’s established and reasonable rules pertaining to the conduct of meetings: Provided, That nothing herein shall be construed to impair the right of a labor organization to adopt and enforce reasonable rules as to the responsibility of every member toward the organization as an institution and to his refraining from conduct that would interfere with its performance of its legal or contractual obligations.”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“emotional distress, standing alone, does not constitute a sufficient basis for the awarding of damages under the (LMRDA).”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority““Any person whose rights secured by the provisions of this subchapter have been infringed by any violation of this subchapter may bring a civil action in a district court of the United States for such relief (including injunctions) as may be appropriate. Any such action against a labor organization shall be brought in the district court of the United States for the district where the alleged violation occurred, or where the principal office of such labor organization is located.””
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.