Marshall v. Local Union No. 639, International Brotherhood of Teamsters, Chauffeurs, Warehousemen & Helpers of America, Inc.’s Empirical Analysis
593 F.2d 1297 · 1979
Citation profile
6 federal appellate · 4 district · 2 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 21 later decisions — most recently March 2015
6 federal appellate · 4 district · 2 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 Baker v. Carr · Aetna Life Ins Co of Hartford Conn v. Haworth · United States v. W. T. Grant Co. · United States v. United Mine Workers of America · Powell v. McCormack
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 21 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“First, union members must exhaust internal union remedies. Then they must file a complaint with the Secretary of Labor. Section 402(a), 29 U.S.C. § 482(a). Finally, if the Secretary of Labor “finds probable cause to believe that a violation ... has occurred ... he shall ... bring a civil action ...” Section 402(b), 29 U.S.C. § 482 (b).”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“While courts have inherent power to enforce compliance with their lawful orders through civil contempt, courts need not impose the contempt sanction for every violation; courts should be particularly wary of imposing contempt sanctions for violations of an order that is ambiguous.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“then a court should not postpone decision while the other ground is investigated.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the concurrence
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.