Cote v. Eagle Stores, Inc.’s Empirical Analysis
688 F.2d 32 · 1982
Citation profile
12 federal appellate ·
How this case has been cited
Cited by 24 later decisions — most recently September 2014
12 federal appellate ·
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 Vaca v. Sipes · United Parcel Service, Inc. v. Mitchell · Amalgamated Association of Street Electric Railway and Motor Coach Employees of America v. P Lockridge · Hoffman v. Lonza, Inc. · Baldini v. Local Union No International Union United Automobile Aerospace Andagricultural Implement Workers of America Uaw E
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 24 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“According to Hoffman, an aggrieved union member will prevail on a claim that the union breached its duty of fair representation only upon proof that the union intentionally and severely discriminated against the member or that the union acted fraudulently or deceitfully.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“inextricably interdependent. The employee must prevail on the unfair representation claim before he may litigate the merits of his contract claim.”
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.