First National Maintenance Corp. v. National Labor Relations Board

Decided June 22, 1981. Harry Andrew Blackmun delivered the opinion of the Court.

Docket 80-544 · 452 U.S. 666 (1981) · Cited 387 times

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How the Justices voted

Decided 7–2.

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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.

• Fibreboard Paper Products Corp. v. National Labor Relations Board · 379 U.S. 203 (1964)
• National Labor Relations Board v. Jones & Laughlin Steel Corp. · 301 U.S. 1 (1937)
• Allied Chemical & Alkali Workers of America, Local Union No. 1 v. Pittsburgh Plate Glass Co. · 404 U.S. 157 (1971)
• Ford Motor Co. (Chicago Stamping Plant) v. National Labor Relations Board · 441 U.S. 488 (1979)
• Order of Railroad Telegraphers v. Chicago & North Western Railway Co. · 362 U.S. 330 (1960)
• Securities & Exchange Commission v. Chenery Corp. · 318 U.S. 80 (1943)
• National Labor Relations Board v. Wooster Division of Borgwarner Corp. · 356 U.S. 342 (1958)
• Textile Workers Union v. Darlington Manufacturing Co. · 380 U.S. 263 (1965)
• John Wiley & Sons, Inc. v. Livingston · 376 U.S. 543 (1964)
• Boys Markets, Inc. v. Retail Clerks Union, Local 770 · 398 U.S. 235 (1970)
• National Labor Relations Board v. Katz · 369 U.S. 736 (1962)
• National Labor Relations Board v. Erie Resistor Corp. · 373 U.S. 221 (1963)
• National Labor Relations Board v. American National Insurance · 343 U.S. 395 (1952)
• Buffalo Forge Co. v. United Steelworkers · 428 U.S. 397 (1976)
• Detroit Edison Co. v. National Labor Relations Board · 440 U.S. 301 (1979)
• Chicago & North Western Railway Co. v. United Transportation Union · 402 U.S. 570 (1971)
• Local 24, International Brotherhood of Teamsters v. Oliver · 358 U.S. 283 (1959)
• NLRB v. Pipefitters · 429 U.S. 507 (1977)

Cited by

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

• Pittsburgh & Lake Erie Railroad v. Railway Labor Executives' Ass'n · 491 U.S. 490 (1989)
• National Labor Relations Board v. Bildisco & Bildisco · 465 U.S. 513 (1984)
• Communications Workers of America v. Beck · 487 U.S. 735 (1988)

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