Service Employees International Union, Local No. 36 v. Office Center Services, Inc.’s Empirical Analysis
670 F.2d 404 · 1982
Citation profile
37 federal appellate · 10 district · 5 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 94 later decisions — most recently November 2021 · most notably Florasynth, Inc. v. Pickholz (1984), Dogherra v. Safeway Stores, Inc. (1982)
37 federal appellate · 10 district · 5 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
Relies on United Steelworkers v. Warrior & Gulf Navigation Co. · United Steelworkers of America v. Enterprise Wheel and Car Corp · Griffin v. People of the State of Illinois · Textile Workers v. Lincoln Mills of Ala. · United Steelworkers v. American Manufacturing 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 94 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[I]f a defendant has important defenses to an arbitration award he should raise them within the period prescribed for actions to vacate rather than wait to raise them as defenses in a confirmation proceeding.”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“A written provision in any maritime transaction or a contract evidencing a transaction involving commerce to settle by arbitration a controversy thereafter arising out of such contract or transaction, or the refusal to perform the whole or any part thereof, or an agreement in writing to submit to arbitration an existing controversy arising out of such a contract, transaction, or refusal shall be valid, irrevocable, and enforceable, save upon such grounds as exist at law or in equity for the revocation of any contract. 9 U.S.C. § 1 provides in pertinent part that commerce is among the several States or with foreign nations, or in any Territory of the United States or in the District of Columbia, or between any such Territory and another, or between any such Territory and any State or foreign nation, or between the District of Columbia and any State or Territory or foreign nation, but nothing herein contained shall apply to contracts of employment of sea men, railroad employees, or any other class of workers engaged in foreign or interstate commerce.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“actions to vacate or confirm an arbitration award under section 301 should be governed by the relevant state statute of limitations.”
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.