National Labor Relations Board v. Rockwood & Co.’s Empirical Analysis
834 F.2d 837 · 1987
Citation profile
15 federal appellate · 1 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 19 later decisions — most recently August 2007
15 federal appellate · 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 29 U.S.C. § 152 (§ 2 of the National Labor Relations Act)
Relies on National Labor Relations Board v. Mackay Radio & Telegraph Co. · National Labor Relations Board v. Great Dane Trailers, Inc. · National Labor Relations Board v. Fleetwood Trailer Co. · National Labor Relations Board v. Nevis Industries, 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 19 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“If the [NLRB's] findings are supported by substantial evidence, we must enforce them, even if we might reach a different conclusion from the same evidence.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“because the glue tank cleaning job was not substantially equivalent to [the employee's] former position, he was entitled to accept or reject it without affecting his status as an employee under section 152(3) or his right to reinstatement”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“If and when a job for which the striker is qualified becomes available, he is entitled to an offer of reinstatement. The right can be defeated only if the employer can show 'legitimate and substantial business justifications.'”
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.