Franza v. International Brotherhood of Teamsters, Local 671’s Empirical Analysis
869 F.2d 41 · 1989
Citation profile
12 federal appellate · 5 district ·
How this case has been cited
Cited by 37 later decisions — most recently June 2021 · most notably Yerdon v. Henry (1996), Maddalone v. Local United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America (1998)
12 federal appellate · 5 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. § 157 (§ 7 of the National Labor Relations Act) · 29 U.S.C. § 158 (§ 8 of the National Labor Relations Act) · 29 U.S.C. § 411 · 29 U.S.C. § 412
Relies on Elrod v. Burns · Branti v. Finkel · Bibby v. United States · Daniel v. Security Pacific National Bank · Streeter v. United States
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 37 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“(1) Equal rights Every member of a labor organization shall have equal rights and privileges within such organization to nominate candidates, to vote in elections or referendums of the labor organization, to attend membership meetings, and to participate in the deliberations and voting upon the business of such meetings, subject to reasonable rules and regulations in such organization’s constitution and bylaws. (2) Freedom of speech and assembly Every member of any labor organization shall have the right to meet and assemble freely with other members; and to express any views, arguments, or opinions; and to express at meetings of the labor organization his views, upon candidates in an election of the labor organization or upon any business properly before the meeting, subject to the organization’s established and reasonable rules pertaining to the conduct of meetings: Provided, That nothing herein shall be construed to impair the right of a labor organization to adopt and enforce reasonable rules as to the responsibility of every member toward the organization as an institution and to his refraining from conduct that would interfere with its performance of its legal or contractual obligations.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the concurrence“Finnegan teaches that it is not a member’s employment by the union that is protected by Title I; rather it is his membership in the union that is safeguarded.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the concurrencee.g. Lennon v. Walsh · Laity v. Beatty“demonstrate! ] upon clear and convincing evidence that dismissal was part of a scheme to suppress dissent.”
2 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.