Wirtz v. Local 153 Glass Bottle Blowers Association’s Empirical Analysis
1968
Citation profile
362 federal appellate · 92 district · 1 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 833 later decisions (34 by the Supreme Court) — most recently May 2024 · most notably Trbovich v. United Mine Workers (1972), Dunlop v. Bachowski (1975)
362 federal appellate · 92 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
reviewedWirtz v. Local 153, Glass Bottle Blowers Ass'n of United States & Canada (from Third Circuit Court of Appeals)
Relationships
Applies 29 U.S.C. § 401 (Labor-Management Reporting and Disclosure Act of 1959) · 29 U.S.C. § 481 · 29 U.S.C. § 482
Relies on National Woodwork Manufacturers Ass'n v. National Labor Relations Board · Calhoon v. Harvey · Interstate Circuit, Inc. v. City of Dallas · California v. San Pablo & Tulare Railroad
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 833 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“adhere to the highest standards of responsibility and ethical conduct....”
74 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“vital public interest in assuring free and democratic union elections that transcends the narrower interest of the complaining union member.”
19 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“(a) A member of a labor organization (1) who has exhausted the remedies available under the constitution and bylaws of such organization and of any parent body, or (2) who has invoked such available remedies without obtaining a final decision within three calendar months after their invocation, may file a complaint with the Secretary within one calendar month thereafter alleging the violation of any provision of section 481 of this title (including violation of the constitution and bylaws of the labor organization pertaining to the election and removal of officers). The challenged election shall be presumed valid pending a final decision thereon (as hereinafter provided) and in the interim the affairs of the organization shall be conducted by the officers elected or in such other manner as its constitution and bylaws may provide.”
18 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.