United Steelworkers of America v. Enterprise Wheel and Car Corp’s Empirical Analysis
1960
Citation profile
3,660 federal appellate · 986 district · 1,360 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 10,470 later decisions (103 by the Supreme Court) — most recently August 2025 · most notably At&T Technologies, Inc. v. Communications Workers (1986), DelCostello v. International Brotherhood of Teamsters (1983)
3,660 federal appellate · 986 district · 1,360 state decisions — followed in 46 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
reviewedEnterprise Wheel & Car Corp. v. United Steelworkers (from Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals)
Relationships
Relies on United Steelworkers v. Warrior & Gulf Navigation Co. · United Steelworkers v. American Manufacturing Co. · Firstamerica Corp. v. United States · Enterprise Wheel & Car Corp. v. United Steelworkers
Cited together with United Steelworkers v. Warrior & Gulf Navigation Co. · United Steelworkers v. American Manufacturing Co. · Textile Workers v. Lincoln Mills of Ala. · John Wiley & Sons, Inc. v. Livingston · United Paperworkers International Union v. Misco, 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 10,470 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“draws its essence from the collective bargaining agreement,”
809 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“Section 2. The Board of Arbitration shall render a decision within fifteen (15) days from the date the hearing is completed. The terms and conditions of settlement shall be within the sole discretion of the Board and the decision of a majority of the Board shall be final and binding on the parties; provided, however, the Board shall have no authority to violate, contravene, disregard or supplement the terms of this agreement.”
8 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“[s]hould differences arise between the [union] and the Employer as to the meaning and application of the provisions of this Agreement.”
5 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.