Alvares v. Erickson’s Empirical Analysis
514 F.2d 156 · 1975
Citation profile
73 federal appellate · 2 district · 1 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 151 later decisions (1 by the Supreme Court) — most recently July 2022 · most notably Iron Workers Local # 272 v. Bowen (1980), Carpenters Local Union No of United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America v. Pratt-Farnsworth Inc (1982)
73 federal appellate · 2 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.
Relationships
Applies 29 U.S.C. § 157 (§ 7 of the National Labor Relations Act) · 29 U.S.C. § 185 (§ 301 of the Labor Management Relations Act of 1947 (Taft-Hartley Act)) · 29 U.S.C. § 186 (§ 302 of the Labor Management Relations Act of 1947 (Taft-Hartley Act))
Relies on Bell v. Hood · Textile Workers v. Lincoln Mills of Ala. · Smith v. Evening News Assn. · School Board of Richmond v. State Board of Education · Retail Clerks International Ass'n, Local Unions Nos. 128 & 633 v. Lion Dry Goods, Inc.
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 151 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““(a) It shall be unlawful for any employer or association of employers * * to pay, lend, or deliver, or agree to pay, lend, or deliver, any money or other thing of value— “(1) to any representative of any of his employees who are employed in an industry affecting commerce; * * s)c * * * “(c) The provisions of this section shall not be applicable * * * (5) without respect to money or other thing of value paid to a trust fund established by such representative, for the sole and exclusive benefit of the employees of such employer, and their families and dependents * * *: Provided, That * * * (B) the detailed basis on which such payments are to be made is specified in a written agreement with the employer * * * >>”
7 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“[s]uits for violation of contracts between an employer and a Labor organization representing employees in an industry affecting commerce ....”
5 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“[s]urely these changes do not involve mere administration of the trust. They involve a rather drastic change in its structure.”
5 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.