International Brotherhood Of Teamsters, Chauffeurs, Warehousemen And Helpers Of America, Local Union No. 117, Plaintiff-Appellant v. Washington Employers, Inc.’s Empirical Analysis
557 F.2d 1345 · 1977
Citation profile
30 federal appellate · 5 district · 4 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 56 later decisions (1 by the Supreme Court) — most recently January 2019 · most notably W. R. Grace & Co. v. Local Union 759, International Union of the United Rubber, Cork, Linoleum & Plastic Workers (1983), George Day Construction Co. v. United Brotherhood of Carpenters, Local 354 (1984)
30 federal appellate · 5 district · 4 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 Steelworkers v. Warrior & Gulf Navigation Co. · Textile Workers v. Lincoln Mills of Ala. · Jones v. Rath Packing Co. · Local 174 Teamsters Chaukfeurs Warehousemen Helpers of America v. Lucas Flour Company · United Gas Improvement Co. v. Continental Oil Co.
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 56 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““It is true that arbitration is a matter of contract, and that one is bound only if he agreed to submit the issue to arbitration. * * * A claimant may not voluntarily submit the issue to arbitration, await the outcome, and, if the decision is unfavorable, then challenge the authority of the arbitrators to act.””
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“strong federal policy in favor of the peaceful and speedy resolution of industrial disputes through binding arbitration ....”
1 later decision 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.