Allied Chemical & Alkali Workers of America, Local Union No. 1 v. Pittsburgh Plate Glass Co., Chemical Division, et al.

Decided December 6, 1971. William Joseph Brennan Jr. delivered the opinion of the Court.

Docket 70-32 · 404 U.S. 157 (1971) · Cited 768 times

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How the Justices voted

Decided 6–1.

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Precedents cited

Supreme Court decisions this opinion relies on, ordered by how often it cites each. Cases in our collection link through; others are named.

• Local 24, International Brotherhood of Teamsters v. Oliver · 358 U.S. 283 (1959)
• National Labor Relations Board v. Hearst Publications, Inc. · 322 U.S. 111 (1944)
• Fibreboard Paper Products Corp. v. National Labor Relations Board · 379 U.S. 203 (1964)
• Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen v. Howard · 343 U.S. 768 (1952)
• Local No. 207, International Ass'n of Bridge, Structural & Ornamental Iron Workers Union v. Perko · 373 U.S. 701 (1963)
• National Labor Relations Board v. Katz · 369 U.S. 736 (1962)
• Packard Motor Car Co. v. National Labor Relations Board · 330 U.S. 485 (1947)
• National Labor Relations Board v. Wooster Division of Borgwarner Corp. · 356 U.S. 342 (1958)
• Pittsburgh Plate Glass Co. v. National Labor Relations Board · 313 U.S. 146 (1941)
• United Mine Workers v. Pennington · 381 U.S. 657 (1965)
• Phelps Dodge Corp. v. National Labor Relations Board · 313 U.S. 177 (1941)
• Elgin, Joliet & Eastern Railway Co. v. Burley · 325 U.S. 711 (1945)
• Smith v. Evening News Assn. · 371 U.S. 195 (1962)
• Charles Dowd Box Co. v. Courtney · 368 U.S. 502 (1962)
• National Labor Relations Board v. Brown · 380 U.S. 278 (1965)
• Mastro Plastics Corp. v. National Labor Relations Board · 350 U.S. 270 (1956)
• National Labor Relations Board v. United Insurance Co. of America · 390 U.S. 254 (1968)
• Local Union No. 189, Amalgamated Meat Cutters & Butcher Workmen v. Jewel Tea Co. · 381 U.S. 676 (1965)
• Lewis v. Benedict Coal Corp. · 361 U.S. 459 (1960)
• United States v. Heirs of Boisdoré · 49 U.S. 113 (1849)
• National Labor Relations Board v. Lion Oil Co. · 352 U.S. 282 (1957)
• Elgin, Joliet & Eastern Railway Co. v. Burley · 327 U.S. 661 (1946)
• National Labor Relations Board v. E. C. Atkins & Co. · 331 U.S. 398 (1947)

Cited by

Later Supreme Court opinions in our collection that cite this case.

• Ford Motor Co. (Chicago Stamping Plant) v. National Labor Relations Board · 441 U.S. 488 (1979)
• National Labor Relations Board v. Bildisco & Bildisco · 465 U.S. 513 (1984)
• First National Maintenance Corp. v. National Labor Relations Board · 452 U.S. 666 (1981)
• United Mine Workers of America Health & Retirement Funds v. Robinson · 455 U.S. 562 (1982)
• National Labor Relations Board v. Hendricks County Rural Electric Membership Corp. · 454 U.S. 170 (1981)
• Hishon v. King & Spalding · 467 U.S. 69 (1984)
• Metropolitan Life Insurance v. Massachusetts · 471 U.S. 724 (1985)
• Central States, Southeast & Southwest Areas Pension Fund v. Central Transport, Inc. · 472 U.S. 559 (1985)
• Andrews v. Louisville & Nashville Railroad · 406 U.S. 320 (1972)
• Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco & Firearms v. Federal Labor Relations Authority · 464 U.S. 89 (1983)
• United States v. Morton · 467 U.S. 822 (1984)
• National Labor Relations Board v. Amax Coal Co. · 453 U.S. 322 (1981)
• Arizona Governing Committee for Tax Deferred Annuity & Deferred Compensation Plans v. Norris · 463 U.S. 1073 (1983)
• Emporium Capwell Co. v. Western Addition Community Organization · 420 U.S. 50 (1975)
• National Labor Relations Board v. Town & Country Electric, Inc. · 516 U.S. 85 (1995)
• Pattern Makers' League v. National Labor Relations Board · 473 U.S. 95 (1985)
• Chemehuevi Tribe of Indians v. Federal Power Commission · 420 U.S. 395 (1975)

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