National Labor Relations Board v. Interboro Contractors, Inc.’s Empirical Analysis
432 F.2d 854 · 1970
Citation profile
39 federal appellate · 1 district · 11 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 66 later decisions (1 by the Supreme Court) — most recently June 2017 · most notably National Labor Relations Board v. Robbins Tire & Rubber Co. (1978), Pet v. Department of Health Services (1988)
39 federal appellate · 1 district · 11 state decisions — followed in 11 states
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 Glidden Company v. Zdanok Et Al. · Desist v. United States · Vaca v. Sipes · Railway Employes' Department v. Hanson · Miner v. Atlass
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 66 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“Section 10(b) of the Act provides that Board proceedings, where “practicable,” shall be conducted in accordance with the “rules of evidence” applicable in the federal district courts. On its face this amendment regulates the introduction of evidence at Board hearings, without imposing on the Board any particular pretrial procedures — such as discovery— which do not by any standard constitute rules of evidence. The legislative history of section 10(b) confirms this. Under the original Act, section 10(b) provided that “[i]n any such proceeding the rules of evidence prevailing in courts of law or equity shall not be controlling.” This provision was heavily criticized on the ground that it allowed too much incompetent evidence to get into the record of Board hearings. It was solely to meet that criticism that section 10(b) was amended in 1947 ....”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage“The regional director .. . shall upon receipt of the application [to take depositions], if in his discretion good cause has been shown, make and serve upon the parties an order which will specify the name of the witness whose deposition is to be taken and the time, the place, and the designation of the officer before whom the witness is to testify ....”
1 later decision quote this exact passage““ * * * Any such proceeding shall, so far as practicable, be conducted in accordance with the rules of evidence applicable in the district courts of the United States under the rules of civil procedure for the district courts of the United States, adopted by the Supreme Court of the United States pursuant to section 2072 of Title 28.” (Emphasis added.)”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
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.