Montgomery Ward & Co. v. National Labor Relations Board’s Empirical Analysis
385 F.2d 760 · 1967
Citation profile
39 federal appellate · 1 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 46 later decisions (1 by the Supreme Court) — most recently August 2024 · most notably National Labor Relations Board v. Nash-Finch Co. (1971), National Labor Relations Board v. Blake Construction Co. (1981)
39 federal appellate · 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
Applies 29 U.S.C. § 151 (§ 1 of the National Labor Relations Act) · 5 U.S.C. § 1004
Relies on Universal Camera Corp. v. National Labor Relations Board · National Labor Relations Board v. Majestic Weaving Co. · National Labor Relations Board v. Threads, Inc. · Colson Corp. v. National Labor Relations Board · National Labor Relations Board v. Johnnie's Poultry 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 46 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“It offends elemental concepts of procedural due process to grant enforcement to a finding neither charged in the complaint nor litigated at the hearing.”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“would not violate Section 8(a) (1) unless it were conducted against a background of employer hostility and discrimination towards unionization, such as would induce in its employees a fear of reprisal for lawfully pursuing their union activities”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“National Labor Relations Board complaints do not have to conform to the technicalities of common law pleadings and that in appropriate situations, issues fairly tried even if not specifically pleaded are to be considered”
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.