Cole v. Hall’s Empirical Analysis
462 F.2d 777 · 1972
Citation profile
14 federal appellate · 3 district · 1 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 39 later decisions (2 by the Supreme Court) — most recently May 2017 · most notably Hall v. Cole (1973), Smith v. Robinson (1984)
14 federal appellate · 3 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.
Appellate journey
Relationships
Applies 29 U.S.C. § 411 · 29 U.S.C. § 412 · 29 U.S.C. § 431 · 29 U.S.C. § 501
Relies on Fleischmann Distilling Corp. v. Maier Brewing Co. · Salzhandler v. Caputo · Johnson v. Nelson · James Ray McCraw v. United Association of Journeymen and Apprentices of the Plumbing and Pipe Fitting Industry of the United States and Canada and Local 43 of United Association of Journeymen and Apprentices of the Plumbing and Pipe Fitting Industry of the United States and Canada, James Ray McCraw v. Local 43 of the United Association of Journeymen and Apprentices of the Plumbing and Pipe Fitting Industry of the United States and Canada · Gartner v. Soloner
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 39 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““It is difficult for individual members of labor unions to stand up and fight those who are in charge. The latter have the treasury of the union at their command and the paid union counsel at their beck and call while the member is on his own. An individual union member could not carry such a heavy financial burden. Without counsel fees the grant of federal jurisdiction is but a gesture for few union members could avail themselves of it.””
6 later decisions 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.