Watonwan Memorial Hospital, Inc. v. National Labor Relations Board’s Empirical Analysis
711 F.2d 848 · 1983
Citation profile
6 federal appellate ·
Relationships
Applies 29 U.S.C. § 152 (§ 2 of the National Labor Relations Act) · 29 U.S.C. § 158 (§ 8 of the National Labor Relations Act)
Relies on National Labor Relations Board v. Metropolitan Life Insurance · National Labor Relations Board v. Res-Care, Inc. · Mary Thompson Hospital, Inc. v. National Labor Relations Board · Presbyterian/St. Luke's Medical Center v. National Labor Relations Board · National Labor Relations Board v. HMO International/California Medical Group Health Plan, Inc.
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.
“Board need only certify 'an appropriate' bargaining unit.”
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.