Amalgamated Food Employees Union Local 590 et al. v. Logan Valley Plaza, Inc., et al.

Decided May 20, 1968. Thurgood Marshall delivered the opinion of the Court.

Docket 478 · 391 U.S. 308 (1968) · Cited 537 times

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How the Justices voted

Decided 6–3.

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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.

• Marsh v. Alabama · 326 U.S. 501 (1946)
• Cox v. Louisiana · 379 U.S. 559 (1965)
• Adderley v. Florida · 385 U.S. 39 (1966)
• Cameron v. Johnson · 390 U.S. 611 (1968)
• Beck v. Washington · 369 U.S. 541 (1962)
• Hughes v. Superior Court of Cal. for Contra Costa Cty. · 339 U.S. 460 (1950)
• Bakery & Pastry Drivers & Helpers Local 802 of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters v. Wohl · 315 U.S. 769 (1942)
• Schneider v. State (Town of Irvington) · 308 U.S. 147 (1939)
• Giboney v. Empire Storage & Ice Co. · 336 U.S. 490 (1949)
• American Federation of Labor v. Swing · 312 U.S. 321 (1941)
• Jamison v. Texas · 318 U.S. 413 (1943)
• Building Service Employees International Union, Local 262 v. Gazzam · 339 U.S. 532 (1950)
• Amalgamated Meat Cutters & Butcher Workmen, Local No. 427 v. Fairlawn Meats, Inc. · 353 U.S. 20 (1957)
• Local No. 438 Construction & General Laborers' Union v. Curry · 371 U.S. 542 (1963)
• Kirby Petroleum Co. v. Commissioner · 326 U.S. 599 (1946)
• San Diego Building Trades Council v. Garmon · 359 U.S. 236 (1959)
• Thornhill v. Alabama · 310 U.S. 88 (1940)
• Haguer v. Committee for Industrial Organization · 307 U.S. 496 (1939)
• Lovell v. City of Griffin · 303 U.S. 444 (1938)
• Kovacs v. Cooper · 336 U.S. 77 (1949)
• Whitney v. California · 274 U.S. 357 (1927)
• Cox v. New Hampshire · 312 U.S. 569 (1941)
• Garner v. Teamsters, Chauffeurs & Helpers Local Union No. 776 · 346 U.S. 485 (1953)
• National Labor Relations Board v. Denver Building & Construction Trades Council · 341 U.S. 675 (1951)
• National Labor Relations Board v. Babcock & Wilcox Co. · 351 U.S. 105 (1956)
• Raley v. Ohio · 360 U.S. 423 (1959)
• Ferguson v. Georgia · 365 U.S. 570 (1961)
• International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers v. National Labor Relations Board · 341 U.S. 694 (1951)
• Poulos v. New Hampshire · 345 U.S. 395 (1953)
• Local 761, International Union of Electrical, Radio & MacHine Workers v. National Labor Relations Board · 366 U.S. 667 (1961)

Cited by

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

• Lloyd Corp. v. Tanner · 407 U.S. 551 (1972)
• Hudgens v. National Labor Relations Board · 424 U.S. 507 (1976)
• PruneYard Shopping Center v. Robins · 447 U.S. 74 (1980)
• Columbia Broadcasting System, Inc. v. Democratic National Committee · 412 U.S. 94 (1973)
• Central Hardware Co. v. National Labor Relations Board · 407 U.S. 539 (1972)
• Grayned v. City of Rockford · 408 U.S. 104 (1972)
• Manhattan Community Access Corp. v. Halleck · 587 U.S. 802 (2019)
• Flagg Bros., Inc. v. Brooks · 436 U.S. 149 (1978)
• Police Dept. of Chicago v. Mosley · 408 U.S. 92 (1972)
• Sears, Roebuck & Co. v. San Diego County District Council of Carpenters · 436 U.S. 180 (1978)
• Carlson v. Green · 446 U.S. 14 (1980)
• Texas v. Johnson · 491 U.S. 397 (1989)
• Brandenburg v. Ohio · 395 U.S. 444 (1969)
• Carey v. Brown · 447 U.S. 455 (1980)
• Lechmere, Inc. v. National Labor Relations Board · 502 U.S. 527 (1992)

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