International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, Local 429 v. Toshiba America, Inc.’s Empirical Analysis
879 F.2d 208 · 1989
Citation profile
15 federal appellate · 1 district ·
How this case has been cited
Cited by 44 later decisions — most recently June 2015 · most notably Rm Perez Associates Inc v. Welch a Jolley (1992), Lattimer-Stevens Company v. United Steelworkers of America (1990)
15 federal appellate · 1 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
Relies on United Steelworkers of America v. Enterprise Wheel and Car Corp · United Steelworkers v. American Manufacturing Co. · United Paperworkers International Union v. Misco, 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 44 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“ignore the plain language of the contract”
5 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“Any disciplinary action, including discharge taken as a result of a violation of [the no-strike clause] ... shall not be altered or amended in the grievance and arbitration procedures, the sole issue for presentation to the arbitrator and decision by him being whether or not the employees engaged in conduct in violation of [the no-strike clause] without modification of the penalties imposed by the arbitrator and the award.”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“a total disregard for the plain language of the contract.”
2 later decisions 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.