Gates v. Dalton’s Empirical Analysis
1977
Citation profile
4 federal appellate · 2 district ·
Relationships
Applies 29 U.S.C. § 411
Relies on John Sertic v. Cuyahoga, Lake, Geauga And Ashtabula Counties Carpenters District Council Of The United Brotherhood Of Carpenters And Joiners Of America, Et Al. · Local No. 2, International Brotherhood of Telephone Workers v. International Brotherhood of Telephone Workers · Gates v. Dalton · Peck v. Associated Food Distributors of New England, Local 138
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 11 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“Dues, initiation fees, and assessments. —Except in the case of a federation of national or international labor organizations, the rates of dues and initiation fees payable by members of any labor organization in effect on September 14, 1959 shall not be increased, and no general or special assessment shall be levied upon such members, except— (A) in the case of a local labor organization, (i) by majority vote by secret ballot of the members in good standing voting at a general or special membership meeting, after reasonable notice of the intention to vote upon such question, or (ii) by majority vote of the members in good standing voting in a membership referendum conducted by secret ballot .”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Hummel v. Brennan“the ordinary union member, attentive to the interests he has at stake in such a situation,”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“aware of the specific issue to be voted upon a reasonable time in advance of the meeting.”
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.