Higgins v. Harden’s Empirical Analysis
644 F.2d 1348 · 1981
Citation profile
16 federal appellate · 2 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 31 later decisions — most recently September 2001 · most notably Moore v. Jas. H. Matthews & Co. (1982), Dutrisac v. Caterpillar Tractor Co. (1983)
16 federal appellate · 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
Applies 29 U.S.C. § 402 · 29 U.S.C. § 462 · 29 U.S.C. § 464
Relies on Ohio Bureau of Employment Services v. Hodory · Hall v. Cole · Kerr v. United States District Court for the Northern District of California · National Labor Relations Board v. Gullett Gin Co. · Ed. Kerr v. Screen Extras Guild, Inc., a Corporation, Richard A. Perkins, Counsel for Ed Kerr v. Screen Extras Guild, Inc., a Corporation, H. O'Neil Shanks, and Norman Stevans, Richard A. Perkins, Counsel For
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 31 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“Trusteeships shall be established and administered by a labor organization over a subordinate body only in accordance with the constitution and by laws of the organization which has assumed trusteeship over the subordinate body and for the purpose of correcting corruption or financial malpractice, assuring the performance of collective bargaining agreements or other duties of a bargaining representative, restoring democratic procedures, or otherwise carrying out the legitimate objects of such labor organization.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“Since there is no allegation of personal injury other than emotional distress, the district court properly denied relief.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“emotional distress, standing alone, is an insufficient basis for the award of damages under the LMRDA.”
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.