National Labor Relations Board v. Adrian Belt Co.’s Empirical Analysis
578 F.2d 1304 · 1978
Citation profile
32 federal appellate · 1 district · 1 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 43 later decisions — most recently May 2024 · most notably Bel Air Chateau Hospital Inc v. Jonas (1979), Pacific Southwest Airlines v. National Labor Relations Board (1978)
32 federal appellate · 1 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.
Relationships
Relies on Universal Camera Corp. v. National Labor Relations Board · Bullock v. United States · Allied Chemical & Alkali Workers of America, Local Union No. 1 v. Pittsburgh Plate Glass Co. · National Labor Relations Board v. Erie Resistor Corp. · Gerry v. United States
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 43 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“distinctions must be drawn between gradations of authority 'so infinite and subtle that of necessity a large measure of informed discretion is involved.'”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“Employees on layoff or leave of absence during the relevant period, who have not quit or been terminated and who have a reasonable expectation or [sic] recall, qualify as eligible voters because of their continued ties to the employee unit. American Motors Corporation, 206 NLRB 287 , 291 (1973); Miami Rivet Company, 147 NLRB 470 , 483 (1964). A worker on a leave of absence continues to be regarded as an employee unless it is established by overt action or clear communication that the employment relationship has been terminated. Trailmobile Division, Pullman, Inc. v. N. L. R. B., 379 F.2d 419 (5th Cir. 1967). Cf. N. L. R. B. v. Pacific Gamble Robinson Co., [ 438 F.2d 112 ] supra; Bio-Science Laboratories v. N. L. R. B., 542 F.2d 505 (9th Cir. 1976).”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“The term “supervisor” means any individual having authority, in the interest of the employer, to hire, transfer, suspend, lay off, recall, promote, discharge, assign, reward, or discipline other employees, or responsibly to direct them, or to adjust their grievances, or effectively to recommend such action, if in connection with the foregoing the exercise of such authority is not of a merely routine or clerical nature, but requires the use of independent judgment.”
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.