Adams v. Gould Inc.’s Empirical Analysis
739 F.2d 858 · 1984
Citation profile
87 federal appellate · 49 district · 1 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 239 later decisions — most recently March 2021 · most notably Great Western Mining & Mineral Co. v. Fox Rothschild LLP (2010), Gavalik v. Continental Can Co. (1987)
87 federal appellate · 49 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 28 U.S.C. § 1292 · 29 U.S.C. § 1113 (§ 413 of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974) · 29 U.S.C. § 160 (§ 10 of the National Labor Relations Act)
Relies on Foman v. Davis · Vaca v. Sipes · DelCostello v. International Brotherhood of Teamsters · Hines v. Anchor Motor Freight, Inc. · Schneider Moving & Storage Co. v. Robbins
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 239 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“`prejudicial,' placing an unfair burden on the opposing party.”
17 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“[T]he immediate effect of the dispute on the day-to-day labor-management relationship is slight. The funding issue involves the immediate interests only of retirees currently receiving benefits____ The long-term interests of current employees are at stake, but delay in resolving disputes concerning those interests does not disrupt labor management relations. Nor does the delay itself prejudice the interest of the employees.”
8 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“[T]he factors that must guide our review may be affected by the fact that a summary judgment was granted before plaintiffs sought leave to amend their complaint.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. In Re Rood · Laber v. Harvey
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.