Local Lodge No. 1424, International Association of Machinists, Afl-Cio, et al. v. National Labor Relations Board

Decided April 25, 1960. John Marshall Harlan delivered the opinion of the Court.

Docket 44 · 362 U.S. 411 (1960) · Cited 400 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.

• Federal Trade Commission v. Cement Institute · 333 U.S. 683 (1948)
• Grunewald v. United States · 353 U.S. 391 (1957)
• Hyde v. United States · 225 U.S. 347 (1912)
• Radio Officers' Union of the Commercial Telegraphers Union v. National Labor Relations Board · 347 U.S. 17 (1954)
• Mastro Plastics Corp. v. National Labor Relations Board · 350 U.S. 270 (1956)
• Fiswick v. United States · 329 U.S. 211 (1946)
• Southern Steamship Co. v. National Labor Relations Board · 316 U.S. 31 (1942)
• National Labor Relations Board v. Lion Oil Co. · 352 U.S. 282 (1957)
• United States v. Reading Co. · 253 U.S. 26 (1920)
• Graham v. Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen & Enginemen · 338 U.S. 232 (1949)
• Brown v. Elliott · 225 U.S. 392 (1912)

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• Lorance v. At&t Technologies, Inc. · 490 U.S. 900 (1989)
• Ledbetter v. Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co., Inc. · 550 U.S. 618 (2007)
• United Parcel Service, Inc. v. Mitchell · 451 U.S. 56 (1981)
• Townsend v. Sain · 372 U.S. 293 (1963)
• DelCostello v. International Brotherhood of Teamsters · 462 U.S. 151 (1983)
• Communications Workers of America v. Beck · 487 U.S. 735 (1988)

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