Supreme Court of the United States / October Term 1956

Amalgamated Meat Cutters & Butcher Workmen of North America, Afl-Cio, v. National Labor Relations Board et al.

Decided December 10, 1956. William Orville Douglas delivered the opinion of the Court.

Docket 40 · 352 U.S. 153 (1956)

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How the Justices voted

Decided 9–0.

Majority · 8

William Orville Douglas · delivered the opinion of the Court
Earl Warren
Harold Hitz Burton
Hugo Lafayette Black
John Marshall Harlan
Stanley Forman Reed
Tom C. Clark
William Joseph Brennan Jr.

Concurring · 1

Felix Frankfurter · filed a concurring opinion

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