Connell Construction Co., Inc. v. Plumbers & Steamfitters Local Union No. 100, United Association of Journeymen & Apprentices of the Plumbing & Pipefitting Industry of the United States and Canada, Afl-Cio

Decided June 2, 1975. Lewis Franklin Powell Jr. delivered the opinion of the Court.

Docket 73-1256 · 421 U.S. 616 (1975) · Cited 411 times

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How the Justices voted

Decided 5–4.

“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.

• Local Union No. 189, Amalgamated Meat Cutters & Butcher Workmen v. Jewel Tea Co. · 381 U.S. 676 (1965)
• Allen Bradley Co. v. Local Union No. 3, International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers · 325 U.S. 797 (1945)
• United Mine Workers v. Pennington · 381 U.S. 657 (1965)
• United States v. Hutcheson · 312 U.S. 219 (1941)
• Local 20, Teamsters, Chauffeurs & Helpers Union v. Morton · 377 U.S. 252 (1964)
• National Woodwork Manufacturers Ass'n v. National Labor Relations Board · 386 U.S. 612 (1967)
• Local 1976, United Brotherhood of Carpenters & Joiners v. National Labor Relations Board · 357 U.S. 93 (1958)
• Vaca v. Sipes · 386 U.S. 171 (1967)
• San Diego Building Trades Council v. Garmon · 359 U.S. 236 (1959)
• Smith v. Evening News Assn. · 371 U.S. 195 (1962)
• Amalgamated Ass'n of Street, Electric Railway & Motor Coach Employees of America v. Lockridge · 403 U.S. 274 (1971)
• National Labor Relations Board v. Denver Building & Construction Trades Council · 341 U.S. 675 (1951)
• Local 24, International Brotherhood of Teamsters v. Oliver · 358 U.S. 283 (1959)
• Hunt v. Crumboch · 325 U.S. 821 (1945)
• Church of the Holy Trinity v. United States · 143 U.S. 457 (1892)
• Apex Hosiery Co. v. Leader · 310 U.S. 469 (1940)
• Milk Wagon Drivers' Union, Local No. 753 v. Lake Valley Farm Products, Inc. · 311 U.S. 91 (1940)
• Bedford Cut Stone Co. v. Journeymen Stone Cutters' Ass'n · 274 U.S. 37 (1927)
• American Federation of Musicians v. Carroll · 391 U.S. 99 (1968)

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• Brown v. Pro Football, Inc. · 518 U.S. 231 (1996)
• Group Life & Health Insurance v. Royal Drug Co. · 440 U.S. 205 (1979)
• Woelke & Romero Framing, Inc. v. National Labor Relations Board · 456 U.S. 645 (1982)
• Associated General Contractors of California, Inc. v. California State Council of Carpenters · 459 U.S. 519 (1983)
• National Labor Relations Board v. Local Union No. 103, International Ass'n of Bridge, Structural & Ornamental Iron Workers · 434 U.S. 335 (1978)
• Kaiser Steel Corp. v. Mullins · 455 U.S. 72 (1982)
• St. Paul Fire & Marine Insurance v. Barry · 438 U.S. 531 (1978)
• Communications Workers of America v. Beck · 487 U.S. 735 (1988)
• Laborers Health & Welfare Trust Fund v. Advanced Lightweight Concrete Co. · 484 U.S. 539 (1988)
• Hoffman Plastic Compounds, Inc. v. National Labor Relations Board · 535 U.S. 137 (2002)
• Marquez v. Screen Actors Guild, Inc. · 525 U.S. 33 (1998)

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