Guss, Doing Business as Photo Sound Products Manufacturing Co., v. Utah Labor Relations Board

Decided March 25, 1957. Earl Warren delivered the opinion of the Court.

Docket 280 · 353 U.S. 1 (1957) · Cited 313 times

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How the Justices voted

Decided 6–2.

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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.

• Bethlehem Steel Co. v. New York State Labor Relations Board · 330 U.S. 767 (1947)
• Garner v. Teamsters, Chauffeurs & Helpers Local Union No. 776 · 346 U.S. 485 (1953)
• H. P. Welch Co. v. New Hampshire · 306 U.S. 79 (1939)
• National Labor Relations Board v. Denver Building & Construction Trades Council · 341 U.S. 675 (1951)
• National Labor Relations Board v. Fainblatt · 306 U.S. 601 (1939)
• Missouri Pacific Railway Co. v. Larabee Flour Mills Co. · 211 U.S. 612 (1909)
• Southern Pacific Co. v. Arizona Ex Rel. Sullivan · 325 U.S. 761 (1945)
• Packard Motor Car Co. v. National Labor Relations Board · 330 U.S. 485 (1947)
• United Construction Workers v. Laburnum Construction Corp. · 347 U.S. 656 (1954)
• Weber v. Anheuser-Busch, Inc. · 348 U.S. 468 (1955)
• Napier v. Atlantic Coast Line Railroad · 272 U.S. 605 (1926)
• Amalgamated Utility Workers v. Consolidated Edison Co. · 309 U.S. 261 (1940)
• Amalgamated Ass'n of Street, Electric Railway & Motor Coach Employees of America, Division 998 v. Wisconsin Employment Relations Board · 340 U.S. 383 (1951)
• California v. Zook · 336 U.S. 725 (1949)
• Algoma Plywood & Veneer Co. v. Wisconsin Employment Relations Board · 336 U.S. 301 (1949)
• Terminal Railroad v. Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen · 318 U.S. 1 (1943)
• National Labor Relations Board v. Indiana & Michigan Electric Co. · 318 U.S. 9 (1943)
• United Mine Workers of America v. Arkansas Oak Flooring Co. · 351 U.S. 62 (1956)

Cited by

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

• Amalgamated Ass'n of Street, Electric Railway & Motor Coach Employees of America v. Lockridge · 403 U.S. 274 (1971)
• San Diego Building Trades Council v. Garmon · 359 U.S. 236 (1959)
• De Canas v. Bica · 424 U.S. 351 (1976)
• Vaca v. Sipes · 386 U.S. 171 (1967)
• Linn v. United Plant Guard Workers of America, Local 114 · 383 U.S. 53 (1966)
• Sears, Roebuck & Co. v. San Diego County District Council of Carpenters · 436 U.S. 180 (1978)
• International Ass'n of MacHinists v. Gonzales · 356 U.S. 617 (1958)
• Florida Lime & Avocado Growers, Inc. v. Paul · 373 U.S. 132 (1963)
• National Labor Relations Board v. Catholic Bishop · 440 U.S. 490 (1979)
• International Union, United Automobile, Aircraft & Agricultural Implement Workers v. Russell · 356 U.S. 634 (1958)
• McCulloch v. Sociedad Nacional De Marineros De Honduras · 372 U.S. 10 (1963)
• Head v. New Mexico Board of Examiners in Optometry · 374 U.S. 424 (1963)
• Federal Power Commission v. Louisiana Power & Light Co. · 406 U.S. 621 (1972)
• National Labor Relations Board v. Nash-Finch Co. · 404 U.S. 138 (1971)
• International Brotherhood of Boilermakers, Iron Shipbuilders, Blacksmiths, Forgers & Helpers v. Hardeman · 401 U.S. 233 (1971)
• Local 100, United Ass'n of Journeymen & Apprentices v. Borden · 373 U.S. 690 (1963)
• Federal Power Commission v. Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line Corp. · 365 U.S. 1 (1961)
• National Labor Relations Board v. Reliance Fuel Oil Corp. · 371 U.S. 224 (1963)

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