Groves v. Ring Screw Works, Ferndale Fastener Div.’s Empirical Analysis
1990
Citation profile
41 federal appellate · 6 district · 9 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 99 later decisions (4 by the Supreme Court) — most recently January 2015 · most notably Air Line Pilots Ass'n v. O'Neill (1991), Critical Mass Energy Project v. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (1992)
41 federal appellate · 6 district · 9 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
reviewedthe decision below (from Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals)
Relationships
Applies 29 U.S.C. § 173 (§ 203 of the Labor Management Relations Act of 1947 (Taft-Hartley Act)) · 29 U.S.C. § 185 (§ 301 of the Labor Management Relations Act of 1947 (Taft-Hartley Act))
Relies on United Steelworkers v. Warrior & Gulf Navigation Co. · United Steelworkers v. American Manufacturing Co. · Hines v. Anchor Motor Freight, Inc. · Local 174 Teamsters Chaukfeurs Warehousemen Helpers of America v. Lucas Flour Company · Smith v. Evening News Assn.
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 99 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“there is a strong presumption that favors access to a neutral forum for the peaceful resolution of disputes.”
4 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“is overcome whenever the parties have agreed upon a different method for the adjustment of their disputes.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“'higher degree of responsibility upon the parties to such [collective bargaining] agreements.'”
2 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.