Chicago and Northwestern Transportation Company v. United Transportation Union’s Empirical Analysis
656 F.2d 274 · 1981
Citation profile
24 federal appellate · 1 district ·
Relationships
Relies on Elgin Ry Co v. Burley · United States v. Radio Television News Directors Ass'n · Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen v. Chicago River & Indiana Railroad · United States v. Concentrated Phosphate Export Assn., Inc. · Andrews v. Louisville & Nashville Railroad
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 46 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[A major dispute] relates to ... the formation of collective agreements or efforts to secure them. They arise where there is no such agreement or where it is sought to change the terms of one, and therefore the issue is not whether an existing agreement controls the controversy. They look to the acquisition of rights for the future, not to assertion of rights claimed to have vested in the past. [A minor dispute, or “grievance”] however, contemplates the existence of a collective agreement already concluded or, at any rate, a situation in which no effort is made to bring about a formal change in terms or to create a new one.”
4 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“[i]f the dispute is `major', ... the union may strike to secure its position if after negotiation between the parties, mediation by the National Mediation Board, and, possibly, a review and report by an emergency board appointed by the President, a settlement is not reached.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“evolv[es] from the bargaining process for a new or altered contract”
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.