Cassidy v. Horan’s Empirical Analysis
405 F.2d 230 · 1968
Citation profile
6 federal appellate · 1 district · 1 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 19 later decisions — most recently April 2004
6 federal appellate · 1 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.
Relationships
Applies 29 U.S.C. § 501
Relies on Viscardi v. United States · Highway Truck Drivers & Helpers, Local 107 v. Cohen · Horner v. Ferron · Walter T. Coleman v. Brotherhood Of Railway And Steamship Clerks, Freight Handlers, Express And Station Employees · Holdeman ex rel. Local 88 of the International Organization of Masters, Mates & Pilots of America v. Sheldon
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 19 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““. . . the officers were advised in writing of the demand [that funds be returned to the union], it was stated in detail and in dollars and cents and it was perfectly obvious that upon refusal the plaintiff would proceed by suit as he did. The intermediate step of requesting the officers to bring suit against themselves, or one or more of them if need be, was implicit. It serves no purpose whatever to require that such a notice be given again and that the obvious be emphasized by a few additional unnecessary words.” (at p. 233)”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“Defendants seek counsel fees, by analogy to cases involving corporate officers and directors acquitted of wrongdoing. This claim, however, would seem to be one to be made, if at all, to the local union, through its governing board and members[.]”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Doyle v. Kamenkowitz““the labor organization or its governing board or officers refuse or fail to sue or recover damages or secure an accounting or other appropriate relief within a reasonable time after being requested to do so by [the proposed plaintiff].””
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.