Waggoner v. R. McGray, Inc.’s Empirical Analysis
607 F.2d 1229 · 1979
Citation profile
23 federal appellate ·
How this case has been cited
Cited by 40 later decisions — most recently April 1996 · most notably Castaneda v. Dura-Vent Corp. (1981), Arizona Laborers Teamsters and Cement Masons v. Conquer Cartage Company (1985)
23 federal appellate ·
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. · San Diego Building Trades Council v. Garmon · Smith v. Evening News Assn. · Amalgamated Association of Street Electric Railway and Motor Coach Employees of America v. P Lockridge · Garner v. Teamsters, Chauffeurs & Helpers Local Union No. 776
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 40 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“district courts may not decide, independent of the NLRB, the merits of an unfair labor practice defense to enforcement of a collective bargaining agreement in a section 301 action.”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“It shall be an unfair labor practice for any labor organization and any employer to enter into any contract or agreement, express or implied, whereby such employer ... agrees ... to cease doing business with any other person, and any contract or agreement . .. containing such an agreement shall be to such extent unenforcible and void: Provided, That nothing in this subsection shall apply to an agreement between a labor organization and an employer in the construction industry relating to the contracting or subcontracting of work to be done at the site of the construction, alteration, painting, or repair of a building, structure, or other work ....”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the dissent“Suits for violation of contracts between an employer and a labor organization representing employees in an industry affecting commerce as defined in this chapter ... may be brought in any district court of the United States having jurisdiction of the parties, without respect to the amount in controversy or without regard to the citizenship of the parties.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the dissent
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.