Detroit Edison Co. v. National Labor Relations Board

Decided March 5, 1979. Potter Stewart delivered the opinion of the Court.

Docket 77-968 · 440 U.S. 301 (1979) · Cited 309 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.

• National Labor Relations Board v. Acme Industrial Co. · 385 U.S. 432 (1967)
• National Labor Relations Board v. Wyman-Gordon Co. · 394 U.S. 759 (1969)
• National Labor Relations Board v. Truitt Manufacturing Co. · 351 U.S. 149 (1956)
• National Labor Relations Board v. Truck Drivers Local Union No. 449 · 353 U.S. 87 (1957)
• Fibreboard Paper Products Corp. v. National Labor Relations Board · 379 U.S. 203 (1964)
• Regal Knitwear Co. v. National Labor Relations Board · 324 U.S. 9 (1945)
• Beth Israel Hospital v. National Labor Relations Board · 437 U.S. 483 (1978)
• Vaca v. Sipes · 386 U.S. 171 (1967)
• Albemarle Paper Co. v. Moody · 422 U.S. 405 (1975)
• Whalen v. Roe · 429 U.S. 589 (1977)
• Phelps Dodge Corp. v. National Labor Relations Board · 313 U.S. 177 (1941)
• United States v. New York Telephone Co. · 434 U.S. 159 (1977)
• Golden State Bottling Co. v. National Labor Relations Board · 414 U.S. 168 (1973)
• National Labor Relations Board v. Erie Resistor Corp. · 373 U.S. 221 (1963)
• National Labor Relations Board v. Seven-Up Bottling Co. of Miami, Inc. · 344 U.S. 344 (1953)
• Virginia Electric & Power Co. v. National Labor Relations Board · 319 U.S. 533 (1943)
• National Labor Relations Board v. Insurance Agents' International Union · 361 U.S. 477 (1960)
• National Labor Relations Board v. Local Union No. 103, International Ass'n of Bridge, Structural & Ornamental Iron Workers · 434 U.S. 335 (1978)
• Amalgamated Utility Workers v. Consolidated Edison Co. · 309 U.S. 261 (1940)
• Nash v. Florida Industrial Commission · 389 U.S. 235 (1967)
• National Labor Relations Board v. Ochoa Fertilizer Corp. · 368 U.S. 318 (1961)
• 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.

• Ford Motor Co. (Chicago Stamping Plant) v. National Labor Relations Board · 441 U.S. 488 (1979)
• Woelke & Romero Framing, Inc. v. National Labor Relations Board · 456 U.S. 645 (1982)
• First National Maintenance Corp. v. National Labor Relations Board · 452 U.S. 666 (1981)

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