Golden State Bottling Co., Inc., Formerly Pepsi-Cola Bottling Co. of Sacramento, et al. v. National Labor Relations Board

Decided December 5, 1973. William Joseph Brennan Jr. delivered the opinion of the Court.

Docket 72-702 · 414 U.S. 168 (1973) · Cited 587 times

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How the Justices voted

Decided 9–0.

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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.

• National Labor Relations Board v. Burns International Security Services, Inc. · 406 U.S. 272 (1972)
• Regal Knitwear Co. v. National Labor Relations Board · 324 U.S. 9 (1945)
• John Wiley & Sons, Inc. v. Livingston · 376 U.S. 543 (1964)
• National Labor Relations Board v. Truck Drivers Local Union No. 449 · 353 U.S. 87 (1957)
• Textile Workers Union v. Darlington Manufacturing Co. · 380 U.S. 263 (1965)
• Walling v. James v. Reuter, Inc. · 321 U.S. 671 (1944)
• Phelps Dodge Corp. v. National Labor Relations Board · 313 U.S. 177 (1941)
• Virginian Railway Co. v. System Federation No. 40 · 300 U.S. 515 (1937)
• Interstate Circuit, Inc. v. United States · 306 U.S. 208 (1939)
• Mastro Plastics Corp. v. National Labor Relations Board · 350 U.S. 270 (1956)
• International Longshoremen's Ass'n, Local 1291 v. Philadelphia Marine Trade Ass'n · 389 U.S. 64 (1967)
• National Labor Relations Board v. J. H. Rutter-Rex Manufacturing Co. · 396 U.S. 258 (1969)
• Southport Petroleum Co. v. National Labor Relations Board · 315 U.S. 100 (1942)
• National Labor Relations Board v. Lion Oil Co. · 352 U.S. 282 (1957)
• Central Hardware Co. v. National Labor Relations Board · 407 U.S. 539 (1972)
• National Labor Relations Board v. Pittsburgh Steamship Co. · 340 U.S. 498 (1951)

Cited by

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

• Fall River Dyeing & Finishing Corp. v. National Labor Relations Board · 482 U.S. 27 (1987)
• Howard Johnson Co. v. Detroit Local Joint Executive Board · 417 U.S. 249 (1974)
• Washington v. Washington State Commercial Passenger Fishing Vessel Assn. · 443 U.S. 658 (1979)
• National Labor Relations Board v. Bell Aerospace Co. · 416 U.S. 267 (1974)
• Barnhart v. Sigmon Coal Co. · 534 U.S. 438 (2002)
• Allentown MacK Sales & Service, Inc. v. National Labor Relations Board · 522 U.S. 359 (1998)
• Detroit Edison Co. v. National Labor Relations Board · 440 U.S. 301 (1979)
• Hoffman Plastic Compounds, Inc. v. National Labor Relations Board · 535 U.S. 137 (2002)
• National Labor Relations Board v. Food Store Employees Union, Local 347 · 417 U.S. 1 (1974)

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