Erkins v. Bryan’s Empirical Analysis
663 F.2d 1048 · 1981
Citation profile
21 federal appellate · 2 district · 1 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 35 later decisions — most recently March 2004 · most notably Dickerson v. Alabama (1982), Loretangeli v. Critelli (1988)
21 federal appellate · 2 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
Applies 29 U.S.C. § 402 · 29 U.S.C. § 501
Relies on Ashwander v. Tennessee Valley Authority · Glidden Company v. Zdanok Et Al. · Horner v. Ferron · Schilling v. Belcher · Alvey v. General Electric Co.
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 35 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“plaintiff must show a reasonable likelihood of success and, with regard to any material facts he alleges, must have a reasonable ground for belief in their existence.”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“[d]efenses which necessitate the determination of a genuine issue of material fact, being beyond the scope of summary judgment procedure, are a fortiori, beyond the scope of a proceeding to determine whether a section 501(b) complaint may be filed.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“to recover damages or secure an accounting or other appropriate relief for the benefit of the labor organization.”
2 later decisions 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.