Denhardt v. Trailways, Inc.’s Empirical Analysis
767 F.2d 687 · 1985
Citation profile
20 federal appellate · 6 district · 6 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 39 later decisions — most recently November 2017 · most notably Local 285, Service Employees International Union v. Nonotuck Resource Associates, Inc. (1995), Local No. 1710, International Ass'n of Fire Fighters, AFL-CIO v. City of Chicopee (1999)
20 federal appellate · 6 district · 6 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. § 185 (§ 301 of the Labor Management Relations Act of 1947 (Taft-Hartley Act))
Relies on United Steelworkers v. Warrior & Gulf Navigation Co. · John Wiley & Sons, Inc. v. Livingston · Republic Steel Corp. v. Maddox · Atkinson v. Sinclair Refining Co. · Automotive, Petroleum & Allied Industries Employees Union, Local No. 618 v. Town & Country Ford, 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 39 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“whether grievance procedures or some part of them apply to a particular dispute, whether such procedures have been followed or excused, or whether the unexcused failure to follow them avoids the duty to arbitrate.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“the court's role is limited to determining whether the parties submitted the 'subject matter' of a particular dispute to arbitration.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“In the absence of any express provision excluding a particular grievance from arbitration, we think only the most forceful evidence of a purpose to exclude the claim from arbitration can prevail....”
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.