National Labor Relations Board v. Noel Canning’s Empirical Analysis
573 U.S. 513 · 2014
Citation profile
3 federal appellate · 1 district · 8 state decisions
Appellate journey
reviewedthe decision below (from District of Columbia Circuit Court of Appeals)
Relationships
Applies 29 U.S.C. § 153 (§ 3 of the National Labor Relations Act) · 29 U.S.C. § 160 (§ 10 of the National Labor Relations Act) · 5 U.S.C. § 3345 · 5 U.S.C. § 5503
Relies on Northern Pipeline Construction Co. v. Marathon Pipe Line Co. · William Marbury v. James Madison · Mistretta v. United States · M'Culloch v. State of Maryland · Immigration & Naturalization Service v. Chadha
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 81 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“Of course, where a governmental practice has been open, widespread, and unchallenged since the early days of the Republic, the practice should guide our interpretation of an ambiguous constitutional provision.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the concurrence“'[l]ong settled and established practice is a consideration of great weight in proper interpretation of constitutional provisions' regulating the relationship between Congress and the President.”
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.