Southbridge Plastics Division v. Local 759, International Union of the United Rubber Workers’s Empirical Analysis
565 F.2d 913 · 1978
Citation profile
11 federal appellate · 2 district · 1 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 26 later decisions (1 by the Supreme Court) — most recently April 1998 · most notably W. R. Grace & Co. v. Local Union 759, International Union of the United Rubber, Cork, Linoleum & Plastic Workers (1983), Fowler v. Birmingham News Co. (1979)
11 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.
Appellate journey
Relationships
Relies on International Brotherhood of Teamsters v. United States · Franks v. Bowman Transportation Co. · Trans World Airlines, Inc. v. Hardison · International Union of Electrical, Radio & MacHine Workers v. Robbins & Myers, Inc. · 10 Fair empl.prac.cas. 1386, 10 Empl. Prac. Dec. P 10,320 Jessie Stevenson, Etc. v. International Paper Company, Mobile, Alabama
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 26 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“(W)holesale destruction of this (seniority) system as authorized by the conciliation agreement cannot be permitted.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“differences in treatment (are) not the result of an intention to discriminate because of race.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“Notwithstanding any other provision of this subchapter, it shall not be an unlawful employment practice for an employer to apply different standards of compensation, or different terms, conditions or privileges of employment pursuant to a bona fide seniority . . system, . provided that such differences are not the result of an intention to discriminate because of race.”
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.