American Communications Assn., C. I. O., et al. v. Douds, Regional Director of the National Labor Relations Board

Decided May 8, 1950. Frederick Moore Vinson delivered the opinion of the Court.

Docket 10 · 339 U.S. 382 (1950) · Cited 933 times

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How the Justices voted

Decided 5–1.

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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.

• Cox v. New Hampshire · 312 U.S. 569 (1941)
• In Re Summers · 325 U.S. 561 (1945)
• United Public Workers of America v. Mitchell · 330 U.S. 75 (1947)
• Thomas v. Collins · 323 U.S. 516 (1945)
• Schenck v. United States · 249 U.S. 47 (1919)
• Cantwell v. Connecticut · 310 U.S. 296 (1940)
• West Virginia State Board of Education v. Barnette · 319 U.S. 624 (1943)
• Schneider v. State (Town of Irvington) · 308 U.S. 147 (1939)
• Whitney v. California · 274 U.S. 357 (1927)
• Bridges v. California · 314 U.S. 252 (1941)
• United States v. Lovett · 328 U.S. 303 (1946)
• Hamilton v. Regents of the University of California · 293 U.S. 245 (1934)
• Haguer v. Committee for Industrial Organization · 307 U.S. 496 (1939)
• National Labor Relations Board v. Jones & Laughlin Steel Corp. · 301 U.S. 1 (1937)
• Steele v. Louisville & Nashville Railroad · 323 U.S. 192 (1944)
• Winters v. New York · 333 U.S. 507 (1948)
• Terminiello v. Chicago · 337 U.S. 1 (1949)
• Kovacs v. Cooper · 336 U.S. 77 (1949)
• Gitlow v. New York · 268 U.S. 652 (1925)
• De Jonge v. Oregon · 299 U.S. 353 (1937)
• Abrams v. United States · 250 U.S. 616 (1919)
• United States v. Congress of Industrial Organizations · 335 U.S. 106 (1948)
• Prince v. Massachusetts · 321 U.S. 158 (1944)
• Screws v. United States · 325 U.S. 91 (1945)
• Reynolds v. United States · 98 U.S. 145 (1879)
• Near v. Minnesota Ex Rel. Olson · 283 U.S. 697 (1931)
• Stromberg v. California · 283 U.S. 359 (1931)
• Lovell v. City of Griffin · 303 U.S. 444 (1938)
• Krulewitch v. United States · 336 U.S. 440 (1949)
• Jacobson v. Massachusetts · 197 U.S. 11 (1905)

Cited by

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• Killian v. United States · 368 U.S. 231 (1961)
• United States v. Brown · 381 U.S. 437 (1965)
• Bryson v. United States · 396 U.S. 64 (1969)
• Dennis v. United States · 341 U.S. 494 (1951)
• Dennis v. United States · 384 U.S. 855 (1966)
• Kedroff v. Saint Nicholas Cathedral of the Russian Orthodox Church in North America · 344 U.S. 94 (1952)
• Konigsberg v. State Bar of Cal. · 366 U.S. 36 (1961)
• Communist Party of United States v. Subversive Activities Control Bd. · 367 U.S. 1 (1961)
• Barenblatt v. United States · 360 U.S. 109 (1959)
• Speiser v. Randall · 357 U.S. 513 (1958)
• Elrod v. Burns · 427 U.S. 347 (1976)
• National Ass'n for the Advancement of Colored People v. Alabama Ex Rel. Patterson · 357 U.S. 449 (1958)
• Aptheker v. Secretary of State · 378 U.S. 500 (1964)
• Law Students Civil Rights Research Council, Inc. v. Wadmond · 401 U.S. 154 (1971)
• Joint Anti-Fascist Refugee Committee v. McGrath · 341 U.S. 123 (1951)
• United States v. Williams · 553 U.S. 285 (2008)
• Adler v. Board of Ed. of City of New York · 342 U.S. 485 (1952)
• Garner v. Board of Public Works of Los Angeles · 341 U.S. 716 (1951)
• Grayned v. City of Rockford · 408 U.S. 104 (1972)
• Sherbert v. Verner · 374 U.S. 398 (1963)
• Carlson v. Landon · 342 U.S. 524 (1952)
• Beauharnais v. Illinois · 343 U.S. 250 (1952)
• Watkins v. United States · 354 U.S. 178 (1957)
• Smith v. Daily Mail Publishing Co. · 443 U.S. 97 (1979)
• Meese v. Keene · 481 U.S. 465 (1987)
• Lathrop v. Donohue · 367 U.S. 820 (1961)
• Board of Regents of State Colleges v. Roth · 408 U.S. 564 (1972)
• Bell v. Wolfish · 441 U.S. 520 (1979)
• Rochin v. California · 342 U.S. 165 (1952)
• National Ass'n for the Advancement of Colored People v. Button · 371 U.S. 415 (1963)

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