Fall River Dyeing & Finishing Corp. v. National Labor Relations Board

Decided June 1, 1987. Harry Andrew Blackmun delivered the opinion of the Court.

Docket 85-1208 · 482 U.S. 27 (1987) · Cited 484 times

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How the Justices voted

Decided 6–3.

“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. Burns International Security Services, Inc. · 406 U.S. 272 (1972)
• National Labor Relations Board v. Financial Institution Employees, Local 1182 · 475 U.S. 192 (1986)
• Golden State Bottling Co. v. National Labor Relations Board · 414 U.S. 168 (1973)
• Brooks v. National Labor Relations Board · 348 U.S. 96 (1954)
• Howard Johnson Co. v. Detroit Local Joint Executive Board · 417 U.S. 249 (1974)
• Universal Camera Corp. v. National Labor Relations Board · 340 U.S. 474 (1951)
• Van Dusen v. Barrack · 376 U.S. 612 (1964)
• John Wiley & Sons, Inc. v. Livingston · 376 U.S. 543 (1964)
• Franks Bros. v. National Labor Relations Board · 321 U.S. 702 (1944)
• Beth Israel Hospital v. National Labor Relations Board · 437 U.S. 483 (1978)
• International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union v. National Labor Relations Board · 366 U.S. 731 (1961)
• Textile Workers Union v. Darlington Manufacturing Co. · 380 U.S. 263 (1965)

Cited by

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

• Allentown MacK Sales & Service, Inc. v. National Labor Relations Board · 522 U.S. 359 (1998)
• National Labor Relations Board v. Curtin Matheson Scientific, Inc. · 494 U.S. 775 (1990)
• Auciello Iron Works, Inc. v. National Labor Relations Board · 517 U.S. 781 (1996)
• Barnhart v. Sigmon Coal Co. · 534 U.S. 438 (2002)
• Litton Financial Printing Div., Litton Business Systems, Inc. v. NLRB · 501 U.S. 190 (1991)
• National Labor Relations Board v. United Food & Commercial Workers Union, Local 23 · 484 U.S. 112 (1987)
• Lechmere, Inc. v. National Labor Relations Board · 502 U.S. 527 (1992)
• National Labor Relations Board v. Kentucky River Community Care, Inc. · 532 U.S. 706 (2001)
• National Labor Relations Board v. Health Care & Retirement Corp. of America · 511 U.S. 571 (1994)

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