International Brotherhood of Boilermakers, Iron Shipbuilders, Blacksmiths, Forgers & Helpers v. Braswell’s Empirical Analysis
388 F.2d 193 · 1968
Citation profile
64 federal appellate · 2 district · 4 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 102 later decisions (3 by the Supreme Court) — most recently August 2017 · most notably Curtis v. Loether (1974), International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers v. Foust (1979)
64 federal appellate · 2 district · 4 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
Relies on Vaca v. Sipes · San Diego Building Trades Council v. Garmon · Dairy Queen, Inc. v. Wood · Retail Clerks International Ass'n, Local 1625 v. Schermerhorn · International Association Machinists v. Gonzales
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 102 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“actual malice or reckless or wanton indifference to the rights of the plaintiff.”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“such relief (including injunctions) as may be appropriate.”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“Strong reasons of policy promote the use of exemplary damages to deter union officials from conduct designed to suppress the rights of members.... The very basis for the existence of unionism in our society today is the promise of employment to those who desire to associate freely in order to obtain it. The right of the working man to the benefits of collective bargaining is too essential and valuable to be hindered, impeded and seriously damaged by irresponsible and dictatorial leaders whose dominance in any given situation does great disservice to the purpose and principles of union-ism_ Imposition of exemplary damages, when the requisite elements of malice, gross fraud, wanton or wicked conduct, violence or oppression are present, serves to achieve the deterrence they were designed to effect.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Taliaferro v. Schiro
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.