National Labor Relations Board v. Erie Resistor Corp.’s Empirical Analysis
1963
Citation profile
1,027 federal appellate · 26 district · 49 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 1,502 later decisions (105 by the Supreme Court) — most recently June 2023 · most notably National Labor Relations Board v. Bildisco & Bildisco (1984), National Labor Relations Board v. Transportation Management Corp. (1983)
1,027 federal appellate · 26 district · 49 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
reviewedInternational Union of Electrical, Radio and MacHine Workers, Local 613, Afl-Cio v. National Labor Relations Board, Erie Resistor Corporation v. National Labor Relations Board (from Third Circuit Court of Appeals)
Relationships
Applies 29 U.S.C. § 158 (§ 8 of the National Labor Relations Act)
Relies on Universal Camera Corp. v. National Labor Relations Board · National Labor Relations Board v. Jones & Laughlin Steel Corp. · Phelps Dodge Corporation v. National Labor Relations Board · Radio Officers' Union of the Commercial Telegraphers Union v. National Labor Relations Board · Republic Aviation Corporation v. National Labor Relations Board
Cited together with Universal Camera Corp. v. National Labor Relations Board · National Labor Relations Board v. Great Dane Trailers, Inc. · Radio Officers' Union of the Commercial Telegraphers Union v. National Labor Relations Board · National Labor Relations Board v. Fleetwood Trailer Co. · National Labor Relations Board v. Mackay Radio & Telegraph 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 1,502 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“special function of applying the general provisions of the Act to the complexities of industrial life.”
106 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“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.”
16 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the concurrence“best judgment as to the interests of their business . . . has not been deemed an absolute defense to an unfair labor practice charge.”
16 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.