McLeod v. General Electric Co.’s Empirical Analysis
1967
Citation profile
92 federal appellate · 22 district · 1 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 167 later decisions (1 by the Supreme Court) — most recently March 2017 · most notably Davis ex rel. Davis v. Jellico Community Hospital Inc. (1990), Harold A. Boire Etc. v. International Brotherhood of Teamsters, Chauffeurs, Warehousemen & Helpers of America, Etc. (1973)
92 federal appellate · 22 district · 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.
Appellate journey
reviewedMcLeod v. General Electric Co. (from Second Circuit Court of Appeals)
Relationships
Applies 29 U.S.C. § 158 (§ 8 of the National Labor Relations Act)
Relies on Fred S. Calhoun v. A. C. Latimer · McLeod v. General Electric Co. · Scranton v. Drew · McLeod v. General Electric Company
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 167 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“swifter corrective action than the normal process of Board adjudication and court enforcement”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“determine * * * the effect of this supervening event.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“failing or refusing to meet, confer, or bargain collectively in good faith with * * * [union representatives] * * *.”
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.