Transport Workers' Union of Philadelphia Local 88-1206 v. Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority 88-1160 Transport Workers Union of America Local’s Empirical Analysis
884 F.2d 709 · 1988
Citation profile
14 federal appellate · 2 district · 5 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 43 later decisions — most recently January 2011 · most notably Bolden 90-1478 v. Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority 90-1435 (1991), 14 Cal. 4th 846 - Loder v. City of Glendale (1997)
14 federal appellate · 2 district · 5 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. § 151 (Railway Labor Act) · 45 U.S.C. § 155 (Railway Labor Act)
Relies on Skinner v. Railway Labor Executives' Assn. · National Treasury Employees Union v. Von Raab · United Transportation Union v. Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority · Consolidated Rail Corporation v. Railway Labor Executives' Assn. · Railway Labor Executives' Ass'n v. Chicago & North Western Transportation Co.
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 43 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“constitutes an issue 'arguably' covered by the implied terms of the parties' agreement as established by past practice.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“presented extensive evidence of a severe drug abuse problem among its operating employees,”
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.