Butler v. Local Union 823, International Brotherhood of Teamsters, Chauffeurs, Warehousemen & Helpers of America’s Empirical Analysis
514 F.2d 442 · 1975
Citation profile
99 federal appellate · 13 district · 7 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 183 later decisions (2 by the Supreme Court) — most recently July 2011 · most notably Hines v. Anchor Motor Freight, Inc. (1976), Markman v. Westview Instruments, Inc. (1995)
99 federal appellate · 13 district · 7 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
Relies on Klaxon Co. v. Stentor Electric Manufacturing Co. · Vaca v. Sipes · Textile Workers v. Lincoln Mills of Ala. · American Pipe & Construction Co. v. Utah · International Union, United Automobile, Aerospace & Agricultural Implement Workers of America v. Hoosier Cardinal Corp.
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 183 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“. . . damages attributable solely to the employer's breach of contract should not be charged to the union, but increases if any in those damages caused by the union's refusal to process the grievance should not be charged to the employer. Vaca v. Sipes, supra, 386 U.S. at 197-98 , 87 S.Ct. at 920 .”
4 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“The question of when a federal cause of action 'accrues' and the related question of whether it is 'tolled' by subsequent events, are federal questions.”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“of outrageous or extraordinary conduct for which extraordinary remedies are needed.”
3 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.