Yanity v. Benware’s Empirical Analysis
376 F.2d 197 · 1967
Citation profile
17 federal appellate ·
How this case has been cited
Cited by 36 later decisions — most recently January 2000 · most notably Cruz v. Local Union Number of International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (1994), Abrams v. Carrier Corp. (1970)
17 federal appellate ·
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
Applies 29 U.S.C. § 411 · 29 U.S.C. § 413 · 29 U.S.C. § 481 · 29 U.S.C. § 501
Relies on Conley v. Gibson · United Mine Workers of America v. Gibbs · Vaca v. Sipes · Textile Workers v. Lincoln Mills of Ala. · Smith v. Evening News Assn.
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 36 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“upon any business properly before the meeting.”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“to bring before [a] union meeting their request that the union seek to vacate [an] arbitration award violated their right”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“Suits for violations of contracts between an employer and a labor organization representing employees in an industry affecting commerce as defined in this Act, or between any such labor organizations, may be brought in any district court of the United States having jurisdiction of the parties, without respect to the amount in controversy or without regard to the citizenship of the parties.”
1 later decision 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.