Association of Westinghouse Salaried Employees v. Westinghouse Electric Corp.

Decided March 28, 1955. Felix Frankfurter delivered the opinion of the Court.

Docket 51 · 348 U.S. 437 (1955) · Cited 350 times

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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.

• Gully v. First Nat. Bank in Meridian · 299 U.S. 109 (1936)
• National Labor Relations Board v. Jones & Laughlin Steel Corp. · 301 U.S. 1 (1937)
• Osborn v. Bank of United States · 22 U.S. 738 (1824)
• J. I. Case Co. v. National Labor Relations Board · 321 U.S. 332 (1944)
• Schumacher v. Beeler · 293 U.S. 367 (1934)
• Holmberg v. Armbrecht · 327 U.S. 392 (1946)
• Elgin, Joliet & Eastern Railway Co. v. Burley · 325 U.S. 711 (1945)
• American Well Works Company v. Layne and Bowler Company · 241 U.S. 257 (1916)
• Board of Comm'rs of Jackson Cty. v. United States · 308 U.S. 343 (1939)
• Houston, East & West Texas Railway Co. v. United States · 234 U.S. 342 (1914)
• United States v. Rumely · 345 U.S. 41 (1953)
• Moore v. Illinois Central Railroad · 312 U.S. 630 (1941)
• National Mutual Insurance v. Tidewater Transfer Co. · 337 U.S. 582 (1949)
• Jerome v. United States · 318 U.S. 101 (1943)
• United States v. Dickerson · 310 U.S. 554 (1940)
• Boston Sand and Gravel Co. v. United States · 278 U.S. 41 (1928)
• Elgin, Joliet & Eastern Railway Co. v. Burley · 327 U.S. 661 (1946)
• La Crosse Telephone Corp. v. Wisconsin Employment Relations Board · 336 U.S. 18 (1949)

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• Textile Workers v. Lincoln Mills of Ala. · 353 U.S. 448 (1957)
• International Union, United Automobile, Aerospace & Agricultural Implement Workers of America v. Hoosier Cardinal Corp. · 383 U.S. 696 (1966)
• DelCostello v. International Brotherhood of Teamsters · 462 U.S. 151 (1983)
• Merrell Dow Pharmaceuticals Inc. v. Thompson Ex Rel. Thompson · 478 U.S. 804 (1986)
• Smith v. Evening News Assn. · 371 U.S. 195 (1962)
• Humphrey v. Moore · 375 U.S. 335 (1964)
• Norwood v. Kirkpatrick · 349 U.S. 29 (1955)
• Charles Dowd Box Co. v. Courtney · 368 U.S. 502 (1962)
• General Drivers, Warehousemen & Helpers, Local Union No. 89 v. Riss & Co. · 372 U.S. 517 (1963)
• Commissioner v. Bilder · 369 U.S. 499 (1962)

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