Morrissey v. Curran’s Empirical Analysis
423 F.2d 393 · 1970
Citation profile
20 federal appellate · 7 district · 4 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 74 later decisions — most recently March 2015 · most notably United States v. International Brotherhood of Teamsters (1990), Morrissey v. National Maritime Union of America (1976)
20 federal appellate · 7 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 United States v. Diebold, Inc. · United States v. Borden Co. · Wirtz v. Local 153 Glass Bottle Blowers Association · United States v. Public Utilities Commission · Rathbun 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 74 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““The structure of the NMU and the powers and duties of its officers and various internal governing bodies are set out in the Union’s constitution. It makes provision for three governing units which have nation-wide jurisdiction. The ultimate authority is vested in the National Convention, which meets triennially and is composed of the elected delegates from various ships and ports. When the National Convention is not in session, the Union is governed by the National Council, which holds regular annual meetings and consists of the elected national officials and certain other delegated representatives. When the National Council is not in session, governing authority rests in the National Office, made up of the national president, secretary-treasurer, three vice presidents, and three national representatives. This body is primarily responsible for the day to day, internal administration of NMU affairs.””
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority““A general exculpatory provision in the constitution and bylaws of such a labor organization or a general exculpatory resolution of a governing body purporting to relieve any such person of liability for breach of the duties declared by this section shall be void as against public policy.””
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Morrissey v. Curran““[T]he matter of improper payments of union funds to persons not entitled to them is a continuing offense and cannot bar an injunction to prevent continued payments or an accounting for all of the unlawful expenditures.””
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.