Helgesen v. International Ass'n of Bridge, Structural & Ornamental Ironworkers, Local Union 498’s Empirical Analysis
548 F.2d 175 · 1977
Citation profile
11 federal appellate · 1 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 30 later decisions — most recently November 2003 · most notably Mautz Oren Inc v. Teamsters Chauffeurs and Helpers Union Local No (1989), Pickens-Bond Construction Company v. United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America Local Pickens-Bond Construction Company (1978)
11 federal appellate · 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
Relies on United Mine Workers of America v. Gibbs · National Labor Relations Board v. Denver Building & Construction Trades Council · National Woodwork Manufacturers Ass'n v. National Labor Relations Board · Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen v. Jacksonville Terminal Co. · International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers v. National Labor Relations Board
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 30 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“(a) It shall be unlawful, for the purpose of this section only, in an industry or activity affecting commerce, for any labor organization to engage in any activity or conduct defined as an unfair labor practice in section 158(b)(4) of this title. (b) Whoever shall be injured in his business or property by reason of any violation of subsection (a) of this section may sue therefor in any district court of the United States subject to the limitations and provisions of section 185 of this title without respect to the amount in controversy, or in any other court having jurisdiction of the parties, and shall recover the damages by him sustained and the cost of the suit.”
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.