AFL-CIO v. Brock’s Empirical Analysis
1987
Citation profile
2 federal appellate · 3 district ·
Relationships
Applies 5 U.S.C. § 551 (Administrative Procedure Act of 1946) · 5 U.S.C. § 701 · 5 U.S.C. § 706 · 8 U.S.C. § 1101 (§ 101 of the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1952 (McCarran-Walter)) · 8 U.S.C. § 1182 (§ 212 of the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1952 (McCarran-Walter)) · 8 U.S.C. § 1186
Relies on Motor Vehicle Manufacturers Association of United States Inc v. State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company Consumer Alert · Valley Forge Christian College v. Americans United for Separation of Church and State, Inc. · Heckler v. Chaney · Lorillard v. Pons · Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith, Inc. v. Curran
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 9 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“(A) there are not sufficient workers who are able, willing, and qualified, and who will be available at the time and place needed, to perform the labor or services involved in the petition, and (B) the employment of the alien in such labor or services will not adversely affect the wages and working conditions of workers in the United States similarly employed.”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“adversely affect the wages and working conditions of workers in the United States similarly employed,”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations v. William E. Brock, Iii, Secretary of Labor National Council of Agricultural Employers, American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations v. William E. Brock, Iii, Secretary of Labor, National Council of Agricultural Employers American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations v. William E. Brock, Iii, Secretary of Labor American Farm Bureau Federation · American Federation of Labor & Congress of Industrial Organizations v. Dole“because the particular method chosen will not carry out the Secretary's statutory responsibility to address the depressed wages of American workers.”
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.