Charles E. Shelley v. William E. Brock, Secretary of Labor’s Empirical Analysis
793 F.2d 1368 · 1986
Citation profile
14 federal appellate · 6 district ·
How this case has been cited
Cited by 21 later decisions — most recently November 2013
14 federal appellate · 6 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. § 401 (Labor-Management Reporting and Disclosure Act of 1959) · 29 U.S.C. § 411 · 29 U.S.C. § 481 · 29 U.S.C. § 482 · 5 U.S.C. § 701
Relies on Chevron U. S. A. Inc. v. Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc. · Heckler v. Chaney · Allied Chemical & Alkali Workers of America, Local Union No. 1 v. Pittsburgh Plate Glass Co. · Dunlop v. Bachowski · Wirtz v. Local 153 Glass Bottle Blowers Association
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 21 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“If, upon a preponderance of the evidence after a trial upon the merits, the court finds— (2) that the violation of section 481 of this title may have affected the outcome of an election, the court shall declare the election, if any, to be void, and direct the conduct of a new election under the supervision of the Secretary and, so far as practicable, in conformity with the constitution and bylaws of the labor organization.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“violation... probably infected the challenged election.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Harrington v. Chao
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.