Donovan v. National Transient Division International Brotherhood of Boilermakers Iron Ship Builders Blacksmiths Forgers and Helpers’s Empirical Analysis
736 F.2d 618 · 1984
Citation profile
8 federal appellate · 2 district ·
How this case has been cited
Cited by 14 later decisions — most recently June 2004
8 federal appellate · 2 district ·
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. § 402 · 29 U.S.C. § 431 · 29 U.S.C. § 481 · 29 U.S.C. § 482
Relies on Dunlop v. Bachowski · Calhoon v. Harvey · Wirtz v. Hotel, Motel & Club Employees Union, Local 6 · Saxbe v. Washington Post Co. · Pont Nemours and Company v. J Collins Securities and Exchange Commission
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 14 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“etc., is determined by its functions and purposes rather than the formal title by which it is known or how it classifies itself. 24 29 C.F.R. § 452.11. Because the LMRDA does not define the terms”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Harrington v. Chao“[g]iven its structure and functions, we find no reason to reject the Secretary's characterization of NTD as a local labor organization.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Harrington v. Chao“Secretary's interpretation of the statute 'unless there are compelling indications that it is wrong.'”
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.