Humble Oil & Refining Company v. Local 866’s Empirical Analysis
447 F.2d 229 · 1971
Citation profile
9 federal appellate · 1 district · 1 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on United Steelworkers v. Warrior & Gulf Navigation Co. · United Steelworkers of America v. Enterprise Wheel and Car Corp · United Steelworkers v. American Manufacturing Co. · General Electric Co. v. International Union of Electrical, Radio & Machine Workers · Torrington Co. v. Metal Products Workers Union Local 1645
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 17 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“In Torrington, we found nonarbitrability where an arbitrator had relied on a past unilateral practice of the company which the company had terminated two years before the arbitrated dispute arose. In the negotiations resulting in the applicable agreement in that case, there had been discussion of the possibility of reviving past practice to grant employees time off on election days. But the final agreement itself contained no provision remotely bearing on employee rights for election day time off. Thus, in Torring-ton, the arbitrator relied not at all on specific language in the collective bargaining agreement.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“the Special Agreement was enforceable through the grievance and arbitration provisions of [the collective bargaining agreement].” On appeal, the court ruled that the arbitration board had in fact enforced rights created under the collective bargaining agreement rather than the Special Agreement. Although the general subject of the arbitration — layoff procedures— was covered by the Special Agreement, the specific source of the dispute — recall rights — was addressed in an”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“at the conclusion of a three-month strike. The Special Agreement established procedures for returning employees to work and a special early retirement and layoff program. When a dispute arose over layoff procedures, the union demanded arbitration to determine whether the company violated “the agreement between the parties.”
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.