Bill Johnson'S Restaurants, Inc. v. National Labor Relations Board

Decided May 31, 1983. Byron Raymond White delivered the opinion of the Court.

Docket 81-2257 · 461 U.S. 731 (1983) · Cited 816 times

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How the Justices voted

Decided 9–0.

“Concurring” means agreeing with the outcome; any split shown is the Court’s judgment, not each Justice’s reasoning. Source: the Supreme Court Database (Spaeth et al.), Washington University.

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.

• Linn v. United Plant Guard Workers of America, Local 114 · 383 U.S. 53 (1966)
• Farmer v. United Brotherhood of Carpenters & Joiners of America, Local 25 · 430 U.S. 290 (1977)
• California Motor Transport Co. v. Trucking Unlimited · 404 U.S. 508 (1972)
• Federal Election Commission v. Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee · 454 U.S. 27 (1981)
• San Diego Building Trades Council v. Garmon · 359 U.S. 236 (1959)
• Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Corp. v. Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc. · 435 U.S. 519 (1978)
• Phelps Dodge Corp. v. National Labor Relations Board · 313 U.S. 177 (1941)
• Garner v. Teamsters, Chauffeurs & Helpers Local Union No. 776 · 346 U.S. 485 (1953)
• Republic Aviation Corp. v. National Labor Relations Board · 324 U.S. 793 (1945)
• National Labor Relations Board v. J. Weingarten, Inc. · 420 U.S. 251 (1975)
• Jackson v. Virginia · 443 U.S. 307 (1979)
• Gertz v. Robert Welch, Inc. · 418 U.S. 323 (1974)
• Fidelity Federal Savings & Loan Ass'n v. De La Cuesta · 458 U.S. 141 (1982)
• National Labor Relations Board v. Gissel Packing Co. · 395 U.S. 575 (1969)
• New York Times Co. v. United States · 403 U.S. 713 (1971)
• Herbert v. Lando · 441 U.S. 153 (1979)
• Amalgamated Ass'n of Street, Electric Railway & Motor Coach Employees of America v. Lockridge · 403 U.S. 274 (1971)
• Sears, Roebuck & Co. v. San Diego County District Council of Carpenters · 436 U.S. 180 (1978)
• Brady v. Southern Railway Co. · 320 U.S. 476 (1944)
• National Labor Relations Board v. Erie Resistor Corp. · 373 U.S. 221 (1963)
• Train v. Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc. · 421 U.S. 60 (1975)
• National Labor Relations Board v. Seven-Up Bottling Co. of Miami, Inc. · 344 U.S. 344 (1953)
• United Construction Workers v. Laburnum Construction Corp. · 347 U.S. 656 (1954)
• Zenith Radio Corp. v. United States · 437 U.S. 443 (1978)
• National Labor Relations Board v. Truck Drivers Local Union No. 449 · 353 U.S. 87 (1957)
• National Labor Relations Board v. Exchange Parts Co. · 375 U.S. 405 (1964)
• National Labor Relations Board v. Nash-Finch Co. · 404 U.S. 138 (1971)
• National Labor Relations Board v. Scrivener · 405 U.S. 117 (1972)
• National Labor Relations Board v. United Steelworkers of America · 357 U.S. 357 (1958)

Cited by

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

• BE&K Construction Co. v. National Labor Relations Board · 536 U.S. 516 (2002)
• Sure-Tan, Inc. v. National Labor Relations Board · 467 U.S. 883 (1984)
• Anderson v. Liberty Lobby, Inc. · 477 U.S. 242 (1986)
• Mission Product Holdings, Inc. v. Tempnology, LLC · 587 U.S. 370 (2019)
• Lewis v. Casey · 518 U.S. 343 (1996)
• Borough of Duryea v. Guarnieri · 564 U.S. 379 (2011)
• McDonald v. Smith · 472 U.S. 479 (1985)
• Woodford v. Ngo · 548 U.S. 81 (2006)
• Burlington Northern & Santa Fe Railway Co. v. White · 548 U.S. 53 (2006)
• Christopher v. Harbury · 536 U.S. 403 (2002)
• Professional Real Estate Investors, Inc. v. Columbia Pictures Industries, Inc. · 508 U.S. 49 (1993)
• Allentown MacK Sales & Service, Inc. v. National Labor Relations Board · 522 U.S. 359 (1998)
• United States v. Alvarez · 567 U.S. 709 (2012)
• Three Affiliated Tribes of the Fort Berthold Reservation v. Wold Engineering, P. C. · 476 U.S. 877 (1986)
• Glacier Northwest, Inc. v. Teamsters · 598 U.S. 771 (2023)

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