Kane Gas Light and Heating Company 82-5114 82-5115 v. International Brotherhood of Firemen and Oilers Local 82-5114 82-5115’s Empirical Analysis
687 F.2d 673 · 1982
Citation profile
14 federal appellate · 3 district · 2 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 54 later decisions — most recently February 2016 · most notably Sun Ship, Inc. v. Matson Navigation Co. (1986), Exxon Shipping Company v. Exxon Seamen's Union (1993)
14 federal appellate · 3 district · 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
Relies on United Steelworkers of America v. Enterprise Wheel and Car Corp · Textile Workers v. Lincoln Mills of Ala. · White v. New Hampshire Department of Employment Security · United States v. Sisson · Ludwig Honold Mfg. Co. v. Fletcher
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 54 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[t]he interpretation of labor arbitrators must not be disturbed so long as they are not in “manifest disregard” of the law, and that [raising the issue] “whether the arbitrators misconstrued a contract” does not open the award to judicial review. Accordingly, we hold that a labor arbitrator’s award does “draw its essence from the collective bargaining agreement” if the interpretation can in any rational way' be derived from the agreement, viewed in the light of its language, its context, and any other indicia of the parties’ intention____”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“This narrow standard of review is mandated by a strong Congressional policy of encouraging the peaceful resolution of labor disputes by means of binding arbitration. In furtherance of that policy, the courts decline to review the merits of arbitration awards so that both employers and unions can be confident in obtaining the decision of the arbitrator for which they have bargained.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“Under the American rule, each party normally must bear the burden of its own legal expenses, including attorneys’ fees. One of the narrow exceptions to this rule is a finding that the losing party litigated in bad faith, vexatiously, or for oppressive reasons.”
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.