Lewis v. National Labor Relations Board’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

71 federal appellate · 6 state decisions

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

1. “separat[ing] the prosecuting from the adjudicating function, to place the former in the General Counsel, and to make him an independent official appointed by the President.”

   3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Browning-Ferris Indus. of Cal., Inc. v. Nat'l Labor Relations Bd. · Nat'l Labor Relations Bd. v. SW Gen., Inc.

2. ““Within, five days after the service of a subpena on any person requiring the production of any evidence in his possession or under his control, such person may petition the Board to revoke, and the Board shall revoke, such subpena if in its opinion the evidence whose production is required does not relate to any matter under investigation, or any matter in question in such proceedings, or if in its opinion such subpena does not describe with sufficient particularity the evidence whose production is required.””

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. General Engineering, Inc. v. National Labor Relations Board · National Labor Relations Board v. Consolidated Vacuum Corp.

3. ““The [Commission], or any member thereof, shall upon application of any party to such proceedings, forthwith issue to such party subpenas requiring the attendance and testimony of witnesses or the production of any evidence in such proceeding or investigation requested in such application.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 538 F. Supp. 530 - Equal Employment Opportunity Commission v. Suburban Transit System, Inc.