Lincoln Federal Labor Union et al. v. Northwestern Iron & Metal Co. et al.

Decided January 3, 1949. Hugo Lafayette Black delivered the opinion of the Court.

Docket 47 · 335 U.S. 525 (1949) · Cited 288 times

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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.

• Nebbia v. New York · 291 U.S. 502 (1934)
• Lochner v. New York · 198 U.S. 45 (1905)
• Adair v. United States · 208 U.S. 161 (1908)
• Olsen v. Nebraska Ex Rel. Western Reference & Bond Assn., Inc. · 313 U.S. 236 (1941)
• Adams v. Tanner · 244 U.S. 590 (1917)
• West Coast Hotel Co. v. Parrish · 300 U.S. 379 (1937)
• Wallace Corp. v. National Labor Relations Board · 323 U.S. 248 (1944)
• West Virginia State Board of Education v. Barnette · 319 U.S. 624 (1943)
• Home Building & Loan Assn. v. Blaisdell · 290 U.S. 398 (1934)
• Phelps Dodge Corp. v. National Labor Relations Board · 313 U.S. 177 (1941)
• United States v. Darby · 312 U.S. 100 (1941)
• Allgeyer v. Louisiana · 165 U.S. 578 (1897)
• Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad v. McGuire · 219 U.S. 549 (1911)
• Coppage v. Kansas · 236 U.S. 1 (1915)
• Chas. Wolff Packing Co. v. Court of Industrial Relations · 262 U.S. 522 (1923)
• Veix v. Sixth Ward Building & Loan Assn. of Newark · 310 U.S. 32 (1940)
• East New York Savings Bank v. Hahn · 326 U.S. 230 (1945)
• Osborn v. Ozlin · 310 U.S. 53 (1940)
• Bayside Fish Flour Co. v. Gentry · 297 U.S. 422 (1936)

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• Davenport v. Washington Education Ass'n · 551 U.S. 177 (2007)
• Ferguson v. Skrupa · 372 U.S. 726 (1963)
• New Motor Vehicle Bd. of Cal. v. Orrin W. Fox Co. · 439 U.S. 96 (1978)
• North Dakota State Board of Pharmacy v. Snyder's Drug Stores, Inc. · 414 U.S. 156 (1973)
• Griswold v. Connecticut · 381 U.S. 479 (1965)
• Williamson v. Lee Optical of Oklahoma, Inc. · 348 U.S. 483 (1955)
• Paris Adult Theatre I v. Slaton · 413 U.S. 49 (1973)
• Berman v. Parker · 348 U.S. 26 (1954)
• Giboney v. Empire Storage & Ice Co. · 336 U.S. 490 (1949)
• Exxon Corp. v. Governor of Maryland · 437 U.S. 117 (1978)
• Eastern Enterprises v. Apfel · 524 U.S. 498 (1998)
• Breard v. Alexandria · 341 U.S. 622 (1951)
• Beauharnais v. Illinois · 343 U.S. 250 (1952)
• Retail Clerks International Ass'n, Local 1625 v. Schermerhorn · 375 U.S. 96 (1963)
• Railway Employes' Department v. Hanson · 351 U.S. 225 (1956)
• Community Communications Co. v. City of Boulder · 455 U.S. 40 (1982)
• Bibb v. Navajo Freight Lines, Inc. · 359 U.S. 520 (1959)
• Day-Brite Lighting, Inc. v. Missouri · 342 U.S. 421 (1952)
• Lyng v. International Union, United Automobile, Aerospace, & Agricultural Implement Workers · 485 U.S. 360 (1988)
• International Union, U. A. W. A., A. F. of L., Local 232 v. Wisconsin Employment Relations Board · 336 U.S. 245 (1949)
• California v. Zook · 336 U.S. 725 (1949)
• Daniel v. Family Security Life Insurance · 336 U.S. 220 (1949)
• California State Automobile Ass'n Inter-Insurance Bureau v. Maloney · 341 U.S. 105 (1951)

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