United Electrical, Radio & Machine Workers of America, Local 1139 v. Litton Microwave Cooking Products, Litton Systems, Inc.’s Empirical Analysis
728 F.2d 970 · 1984
Citation profile
12 federal appellate · 2 district · 1 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 30 later decisions — most recently October 2000 · most notably Miller Brewing Company v. Brewery Workers Local Union No (1984), Willoughby Roofing & Supply Co. v. Kajima International, Inc. (1984)
12 federal appellate · 2 district · 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
Relies on United Steelworkers of America v. Enterprise Wheel and Car Corp · W. R. Grace & Co. v. Local Union 759, International Union of the United Rubber, Cork, Linoleum & Plastic Workers · United States v. United States Gypsum Co. · Goldman v. Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith, Inc. · Textile Workers Union of America, Afl-Cio, Local Union No. 1386 v. American Thread Company, Clover, South Carolina
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 30 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[i]t is not for us to decide whether we would have awarded this particular relief, or whether the arbitrator correctly interpreted the contract. Those questions are, in all but the clearest cases, the arbitrator's business, not ours.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“It was, after all, the arbitrator's judgment and interpretation for which the parties bargained when they agreed that disputes arising under the contract would be submitted to arbitration.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“even when the basis for the arbitrator's decision may be ambiguous.”
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.