International Union United Automobile Aerospace and Agricultural Implement Workers of America Uaw v. Mack Trucks Inc Uaw’s Empirical Analysis
917 F.2d 107 · 1990
Citation profile
25 federal appellate · 8 district · 2 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 57 later decisions — most recently July 2013 · most notably Teamsters Industrial Employees Welfare Fund v. Rolls-Royce Motor Cars, Inc. (1993), Pittston Company Ultramar America Limited v. Allianz Insurance Company Insco Irb Siat (1997)
25 federal appellate · 8 district · 2 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 28 U.S.C. § 1291 · 28 U.S.C. § 1331 · 29 U.S.C. § 185 (§ 301 of the Labor Management Relations Act of 1947 (Taft-Hartley Act))
Relies on Mellon Bank, N.A. v. Aetna Business Credit, Inc. · Ram Construction Company Inc v. American States Insurance Company American States Insurance Company · Bankers Trust Company Ss Edgar Queeny Sa v. Bethlehem Steel Corporation Bp Oil Inc Bankers Trust Company · Lentino v. Fringe Employee Plans, Inc. · International Union, United Automobile, Aerospace & Agricultural Implement Workers v. Mack Trucks, 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 57 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“there [are] objective indicia that, from the linguistic standpoint of the parties, the terms of the contract are susceptible of different meanings.”
4 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Trustees Of The Colorado Tile, Marble & Terrazzo Workers Pension Fund v. Wilkinson & Company, Inc. · Pennbarr Corp. Kilbarr Corp., in 91-5607 v. Insurance Company of North America, in 91-5608. Pennbarr Corp. Kilbarr Corp. v. Insurance Company of North America, Pennbarr Corporation and Kilbarr Corporation, Formerly Remington Rand Corporation-New Jersey and Remington Rand Corporation-Delaware, in 91-5642“consider the words of the agreement, alternative meanings suggested by counsel, and extrinsic evidence offered in support of those meanings.”
4 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Trustees Of The Colorado Tile, Marble & Terrazzo Workers Pension Fund v. Wilkinson & Company, Inc. · Pennbarr Corp. Kilbarr Corp., in 91-5607 v. Insurance Company of North America, in 91-5608. Pennbarr Corp. Kilbarr Corp. v. Insurance Company of North America, Pennbarr Corporation and Kilbarr Corporation, Formerly Remington Rand Corporation-New Jersey and Remington Rand Corporation-Delaware, in 91-5642“intellectual uncertainty; ... the condition of admitting of two or more meanings, of being understood in more than one way, or referring to two or more things at the same time....”
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.