International Brotherhood of Boilermakers, Iron Shipbuilders, Blacksmiths, Forgers & Helpers v. Hardeman’s Empirical Analysis
1971
Citation profile
183 federal appellate · 82 district · 38 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 518 later decisions (11 by the Supreme Court) — most recently April 2021 · most notably Bivens v. Six Unknown Named Agents of Federal Bureau of Narcotics (1971), Wood v. Strickland (1975)
183 federal appellate · 82 district · 38 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
reviewedGeorge W. Hardeman v. The International Brotherhood of Boilermakers, Iron Shipbuilders, Blacksmiths, Forgers and Helpers, Afl-Cio (from Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals)
Relationships
Applies 29 U.S.C. § 158 (§ 8 of the National Labor Relations Act) · 29 U.S.C. § 411 · 29 U.S.C. § 412 · 29 U.S.C. § 413
Relies on San Diego Building Trades Council v. Garmon · United States v. Western Pacific Railroad · Steele v. Louisville & Nashville Railroad · Schware v. Board of Bar Examiners of NM · Turner v. United States
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 518 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“No member of any labor organization may be fined, suspended, expelled, or otherwise disciplined except for nonpayment of dues by such organization or by any officer thereof unless such member has been (A) served with written specific charges; (B) given a reasonable time to prepare his defense; (C) afforded a full and fair hearing.”
14 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“some evidence at the disciplinary hearing to support the charges made.”
10 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“[T]he transcript of the union hearing indicates that the notice did not confine itself to a mere statement or citation of the written regulations that Hardeman was said to have violated: the notice appears to have contained a detailed statement of the facts relating to [the incident] that formed the basis for the disciplinary action. Section [411(a)(5) ] requires no more.”
3 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.