third-party beneficiary
Definitions from Case Law · United States Supreme Court
Definitions from Case Law
From 321 U.S. 332 - J. I. Case Co. v. National Labor Relations Board · 1944Most cited · 1,381 citing opinions
An employee becomes entitled by virtue of the Labor Relations Act somewhat as a third party beneficiary to all benefits of the collective trade agreement, even if on his own he would yield to less favorable terms. The individual hiring contract is subsidiary to the terms of the trade agreement and may not waive any of its benefits.
How often courts cite the cases defining “third-party beneficiary”
Court decisions citing the 2 opinions that defined “third-party beneficiary” — 2,407 in all, by decade. Counts are citations to the defining cases as a whole, not verified uses of the term. The dip in the most recent years is a data-coverage gap, not a real trend — our corpus holds fewer opinions from the latest years.
All 2 definitions, chronological · 1927–1944
- ORIGINAL
Before a stranger can avail himself of the exceptional privilege of suing for a breach of an agreement, to which he is not a party, he must, at least, show that it was intended for his direct benefit.