Building and Construction Trades Council of the Metropolitan District v. Associated Builders and Contractors of Massachusetts/rhode Island, Inc., et al.

Decided March 8, 1993. Harry Andrew Blackmun delivered the opinion of the Court.

Docket 91-261 · 507 U.S. 218 (1993) · Cited 395 times

Holding

When a defendant’s flight and recapture occur before appeal, the defendant’s former fugitive status may well lack the kind of connection to the appellate process that would justify an appellate sanction of dismissal.

The Court’s statement of the holding, from the opinion’s syllabus. The syllabus is prepared by the Reporter of Decisions and is not part of the opinion of the Court — read the official opinion for authority.

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.

• Lodge 76, International Ass'n of MacHinists & Aerospace Workers v. Wisconsin Employment Relations Commission · 427 U.S. 132 (1976)
• San Diego Building Trades Council v. Garmon · 359 U.S. 236 (1959)
• Metropolitan Life Insurance v. Massachusetts · 471 U.S. 724 (1985)
• Maryland v. Louisiana · 451 U.S. 725 (1981)
• Golden State Transit Corp. v. City of Los Angeles · 493 U.S. 103 (1989)
• Woelke & Romero Framing, Inc. v. National Labor Relations Board · 456 U.S. 645 (1982)
• Wisconsin Department of Industry, Labor & Human Relations v. Gould Inc. · 475 U.S. 282 (1986)
• Rice v. Santa Fe Elevator Corp. · 331 U.S. 218 (1947)
• Cipollone v. Liggett Group, Inc. · 505 U.S. 504 (1992)
• Garner v. Teamsters, Chauffeurs & Helpers Local Union No. 776 · 346 U.S. 485 (1953)
• National Labor Relations Board v. Local Union No. 103, International Ass'n of Bridge, Structural & Ornamental Iron Workers · 434 U.S. 335 (1978)
• H. K. Porter Co. v. National Labor Relations Board · 397 U.S. 99 (1970)
• Golden State Transit Corp. v. City of Los Angeles · 475 U.S. 608 (1986)
• Jim McNeff, Inc. v. Todd · 461 U.S. 260 (1983)

Cited by

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

• Chamber of Commerce of United States v. Brown · 554 U.S. 60 (2008)
• Livadas v. Bradshaw · 512 U.S. 107 (1994)

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