Berrigan v. Greyhound Lines, Inc.’s Empirical Analysis
782 F.2d 295 · 1986
Citation profile
14 federal appellate · 15 district ·
How this case has been cited
Cited by 30 later decisions — most recently March 2019 · most notably Schroeder v. McDonald (1995), Chaparro-Febus v. International Longshoremen Ass'n (1992)
14 federal appellate · 15 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. § 185 (§ 301 of the Labor Management Relations Act of 1947 (Taft-Hartley Act))
Relies on Vaca v. Sipes · Ford Motor Co v. Huffman International Union United Automobile Aircraft and Agricultural Implementworkers of America Ci · Humphrey v. Moore · Robert C. Hahn v. Francis W. Sargent · Johnston v. Holiday Inns, 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 30 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“a case that it felt had little basis in the contract, it arguably would jeopardize its credibility with the employer for purposes of later, more supportable, disputes with management policies, instituted on behalf of all members.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“but that disappointment, without more, does not give rise to a claim against the Union for breach of its duty of fair representation. We are especially reluctant to infer wrongful behavior from the Union's failure to press Williams' grievance when Williams himself failed to convey to the Union his desire to invoke the grievance procedure. Williams' claim that the Union's conduct was arbitrary, discriminatory, and in bad faith, reduces to nothing more than a”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“entitled to a bargaining agent in possession of all relevant facts and arguments; and to real, as opposed to perfunctory, efforts to protect their welfare.”
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.