McNamara v. Johnston’s Empirical Analysis
522 F.2d 1157 · 1975
Citation profile
36 federal appellate · 4 district · 2 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 64 later decisions — most recently March 2019 · most notably United States v. Gold (1984), Talbot v. Robert Matthews Distributing Co. (1992)
36 federal appellate · 4 district · 2 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 18 U.S.C. § 610 · 29 U.S.C. § 501
Relies on Cort v. Ash · International Ass'n of MacHinists v. Street · United States v. CIO · Brotherhood of Railway & Steamship Clerks, Freight Handlers, Express & Station Employes v. Allen · Nations v. Morris
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 64 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“into account the special problems and functions of a labor organization.”
10 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“an agent cannot be insulated from criminal liability by the fact that his principal authorized his conduct.”
5 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“not in conflict with the constitution and bylaws.”
4 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.