Monzillo v. Biller’s Empirical Analysis
735 F.2d 1456 · 1984
Citation profile
36 federal appellate · 27 district · 1 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 86 later decisions — most recently June 2020 · most notably Local No United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America v. United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America (1990), American Federation of Government Employees v. Federal Labor Relations Authority (1985)
36 federal appellate · 27 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
Applies 29 U.S.C. § 501 · 42 U.S.C. § 1988
Relies on United States v. W. T. Grant Co. · United States v. Munsingwear, Inc. · Southern Pacific Terminal Company v. Interstate Commerce Commission · Weinstein v. Bradford · County of Los Angeles v. Davis
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 86 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“An interpretation of a union constitution rendered by officials of a labor organization is entitled to considerable deference by a reviewing court and should not be overruled unless the court finds that the interpretation was unreasonable or made in bad faith.”
4 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“No restraining order or preliminary injunction shall issue except upon the giving of security by the applicant, in such sum as the court deems proper, for the payment of such costs and damages as may be incurred or suffered by any party who is found to have been wrongfully enjoined or restrained.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“The relief sought and granted by the district court has expired on its own terms; there is nothing left for us to review.”
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.