Brotherhood of Maintenance of Way Employees, Lodge 16 v. Burlington Northern Railroad’s Empirical Analysis
802 F.2d 1016 · 1986
Citation profile
57 federal appellate · 13 district · 4 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 111 later decisions (2 by the Supreme Court) — most recently September 2015 · most notably Skinner v. Railway Labor Executives' Assn. (1989), Consolidated Rail Corporation v. Railway Labor Executives' Assn. (1989)
57 federal appellate · 13 district · 4 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 45 U.S.C. § 151A · 45 U.S.C. § 152 (Railway Labor Act) · 45 U.S.C. § 153 (Railway Labor Act) · 45 U.S.C. § 156 (Railway Labor Act)
Relies on Elgin Ry Co v. Burley · Detroit and Toledo Shore Line Railroad Company v. United Transportation Union · Order of Railway Conductors of America v. Pitney · Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers v. Missouri-Kansas-Texas Railroad · Order of Railway Conductors of America v. Pitney
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 111 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“of the interpretations sought by both the employer and the employees. Other courts have said that a dispute is minor if the employer's action can be arguably justified under the terms of the existing agreement, or that the dispute is minor unless the employer's argument that its actions are within the contract is”
11 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the concurrence“ripened into an established and recognized custom between the parties.”
8 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the concurrence“clearly erred in its characterization of the facts, made a mistake of law, or abused its discretion in considering the equities.”
4 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the concurrence
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.