Urichuck v. Clark’s Empirical Analysis
689 F.2d 40 · 1982
Citation profile
4 federal appellate · 1 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 12 later decisions — most recently September 2014
4 federal appellate · 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. § 411 · 29 U.S.C. § 501
Relies on Mitchell v. Whitaker House Cooperative, Inc. · Shimman v. Frank · Highway Truck Drivers & Helpers, Local 107 v. Cohen · 182 F. Supp. 608 - Highway Truck Drivers and Helpers Local 107 v. Cohen · Holdeman ex rel. Local 88 of the International Organization of Masters, Mates & Pilots of America v. Sheldon
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 12 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“The actions 'of union officers are tested by common law theories of agency. Thus, if their actions fall within the scope of their authority, they are acting for the union and whatever liability flows from their actions flows to the union also. However, if their illegal actions fall without the scope of their authority, they must bear the consequences alone.”
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.