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Employee service sharebased compensation nonvested awards compensation cost not yet recognized net of tax.

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Optional Payment Installments Annual

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Postretirement Benefits Plan Vesting Period

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Share Based Compensation Agreement Cash Settlement Price Per Share

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Time based stock vesting period.

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The total fair value of shares issued during the period under a deferred compensation arrangement.

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Period which an employee's right to exercise an award is no longer contingent on satisfaction of either a service condition, market condition or a performance condition, in 'PnYnMnDTnHnMnS' format, for example, 'P1Y5M13D' represents the reported fact of one year, five months, and thirteen days.

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The weighted average fair value of nonvested awards on equity-based plans excluding option plans (for example, phantom stock or unit plan, stock or unit appreciation rights plan, revenue or profit achievement stock award plan) for which the employer is contingently obligated to issue equity instruments or transfer assets to an employee who has not yet satisfied service or performance criteria necessary to gain title to proceeds from the sale of the award or underlying shares or units.

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Line items represent financial concepts included in a table. These concepts are used to disclose reportable information associated with domain members defined in one or many axes to the table.

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Number of equity instruments other than options outstanding, including both vested and non-vested instruments.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 718
-SubTopic 10
-Section 50
-Paragraph 2
-Subparagraph (c)(1)(i)
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6415400&loc=d3e5070-113901

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-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 718
-SubTopic 10
-Section 50
-Paragraph 2
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Amount by which the current fair value of the underlying stock exceeds the exercise price of options outstanding.

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Number of options outstanding, including both vested and non-vested options.

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Amount by which the current fair value of the underlying stock exceeds the exercise price of fully vested and expected to vest options outstanding.

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Period from grant date that an equity-based award expires, in 'PnYnMnDTnHnMnS' format, for example, 'P1Y5M13D' represents the reported fact of one year, five months, and thirteen days.

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Stock-Based Compensation and Incentive Plans - Additional Information (Detail)	12 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2016 USD ($) $ / shares shares	Mar. 31, 2015 $ / shares shares	Mar. 31, 2014 USD ($) d Installment / yr $ / shares shares	Mar. 31, 2013 USD ($) d $ / shares shares	Mar. 01, 2013 $ / shares
Share Based Compensation Arrangement By Share Based Payment Award [Line Items]
Options outstanding \| shares	1,777,124	1,709,206	1,370,056	1,556,275
Intrinsic value of options outstanding	$ 0
Intrinsic value of options exercisable	$ 0
Fair value of non-vested shares \| $ / shares	$ 23.58	$ 39.53	$ 48.68		$ 50.48
Director stock payment period, units \| d			15	15
Director
Share Based Compensation Arrangement By Share Based Payment Award [Line Items]
Value of stock units granted			$ 115,000	$ 100,000
Minimum
Share Based Compensation Arrangement By Share Based Payment Award [Line Items]
Option expiration period	3 months
Optional payment installments, annual \| Installment / yr			2
Maximum
Share Based Compensation Arrangement By Share Based Payment Award [Line Items]
Option expiration period	10 years
Optional payment installments, annual \| Installment / yr			10
Stock Options
Share Based Compensation Arrangement By Share Based Payment Award [Line Items]
General vesting period, years	3 years
Post retirement period to exercise vested options	2 years
Total unrecognized stock compensation costs	$ 2,800,000
Total unrecognized stock compensation costs, net of tax	1,900,000
Restricted Stock
Share Based Compensation Arrangement By Share Based Payment Award [Line Items]
Total unrecognized stock compensation costs	0
Total unrecognized stock compensation costs, net of tax	$ 0
Time-based stock vesting period, years	4 years
Fair value of non-vested shares \| $ / shares		56.94	$ 54.75	$ 50.95
Restricted Stock Units (RSUs)
Share Based Compensation Arrangement By Share Based Payment Award [Line Items]
Total unrecognized stock compensation costs	$ 5,200,000
Total unrecognized stock compensation costs, net of tax	$ 3,900,000
Restricted Stock Units (RSUs) \| Time Based Restricted Stock Awards
Share Based Compensation Arrangement By Share Based Payment Award [Line Items]
Share based compensation outstanding number \| shares	89,456
Restricted Stock Units (RSUs) \| Performance Based Restricted Stock Awards
Share Based Compensation Arrangement By Share Based Payment Award [Line Items]
Share based compensation outstanding number \| shares	69,546
Restricted Stock Units (RSUs) \| Performance Based Shares
Share Based Compensation Arrangement By Share Based Payment Award [Line Items]
Fair value of non-vested shares \| $ / shares	$ 61.75	53.58	53.58	69.62
Phantom Stock Plan
Share Based Compensation Arrangement By Share Based Payment Award [Line Items]
Total unrecognized stock compensation costs	$ 10,800,000
Total unrecognized stock compensation costs, net of tax	$ 8,300,000
Fair value of non-vested shares \| $ / shares	$ 10.83	24.07	$ 50.94	$ 51.74
Phantom Stock Plan \| Time Based Restricted Stock Awards
Share Based Compensation Arrangement By Share Based Payment Award [Line Items]
Share based compensation outstanding number \| shares	596,464
Phantom Stock Plan \| Performance Based Shares
Share Based Compensation Arrangement By Share Based Payment Award [Line Items]
Share based compensation outstanding number \| shares	1,291
Phantom Stock Plan \| Non-Vested Shares
Share Based Compensation Arrangement By Share Based Payment Award [Line Items]
Fair value of non-vested shares \| $ / shares	$ 6.83
Phantom Stock Plan \| Minimum
Share Based Compensation Arrangement By Share Based Payment Award [Line Items]
General vesting period, years	3 years
Phantom Stock Plan \| Maximum
Share Based Compensation Arrangement By Share Based Payment Award [Line Items]
General vesting period, years	4 years
Cash-based Performance Plan
Share Based Compensation Arrangement By Share Based Payment Award [Line Items]
Total unrecognized stock compensation costs	$ 6,300,000
Total unrecognized stock compensation costs, net of tax	$ 4,300,000
Share based compensation outstanding number \| shares	0
Fair value of non-vested shares \| $ / shares	$ 1.16	1.10
Cash-based Performance Plan \| Maximum
Share Based Compensation Arrangement By Share Based Payment Award [Line Items]
Units awarded, vesting rights amount \| $ / shares		$ 2