Muniz et al. v. Hoffman, Regional Director, National Labor Relations Board

Decided June 25, 1975. Byron Raymond White delivered the opinion of the Court.

Docket 73-1924 · 422 U.S. 454 (1975) · Cited 321 times

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How the Justices voted

Decided 5–4.

“Concurring” means agreeing with the outcome; any split shown is the Court’s judgment, not each Justice’s reasoning. Source: the Supreme Court Database (Spaeth et al.), Washington University.

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.

• United States v. United Mine Workers of America · 330 U.S. 258 (1947)
• Fourco Glass Co. v. Transmirra Products Corp. · 353 U.S. 222 (1957)
• Green v. United States · 356 U.S. 165 (1958)
• Tidewater Oil Co. v. United States · 409 U.S. 151 (1972)
• Baldwin v. New York · 399 U.S. 66 (1970)
• Cheff v. Schnackenberg · 384 U.S. 373 (1966)
• Codispoti v. Pennsylvania · 418 U.S. 506 (1974)
• Michaelson v. United States Ex Rel. Chicago, St. P., M. & OR Co. · 266 U.S. 42 (1924)
• Frank v. United States · 395 U.S. 147 (1969)
• United States v. Barnett · 376 U.S. 681 (1964)
• United States v. Bass · 404 U.S. 336 (1971)
• Church of the Holy Trinity v. United States · 143 U.S. 457 (1892)
• Bloom v. Illinois · 391 U.S. 194 (1968)
• Boys Markets, Inc. v. Retail Clerks Union, Local 770 · 398 U.S. 235 (1970)
• Rewis v. United States · 401 U.S. 808 (1971)
• Taylor v. Hayes · 418 U.S. 488 (1974)
• National Woodwork Manufacturers Ass'n v. National Labor Relations Board · 386 U.S. 612 (1967)
• Clifford F. MacEvoy Co. v. United States Ex Rel. Calvin Tomkins Co. · 322 U.S. 102 (1944)
• Smith v. United States · 360 U.S. 1 (1959)
• District of Columbia v. Clawans · 300 U.S. 617 (1937)
• Sinclair Refining Co. v. Atkinson · 370 U.S. 195 (1962)
• Stonite Products Co. v. Melvin Lloyd Co. · 315 U.S. 561 (1942)
• McCaughn v. Hershey Chocolate Co. · 283 U.S. 488 (1931)
• Lapina v. Williams · 232 U.S. 78 (1914)

Cited by

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• Atlas Roofing Co. v. Occupational Safety and Health Review Comm'n · 430 U.S. 442 (1977)
• Blanton v. City of North Las Vegas · 489 U.S. 538 (1989)
• Oklahoma v. Castro-Huerta · 597 U.S. 629 (2022)
• Ingraham v. Wright · 430 U.S. 651 (1977)
• Chapman v. Houston Welfare Rights Organization · 441 U.S. 600 (1979)
• International Union, United Mine Workers v. Bagwell · 512 U.S. 821 (1994)
• United States v. Wells · 519 U.S. 482 (1997)
• Walters v. National Assn. of Radiation Survivors · 473 U.S. 305 (1985)
• United States v. Granderson · 511 U.S. 39 (1994)
• Southern Union Co. v. United States · 567 U.S. 343 (2012)
• Fulman v. United States · 434 U.S. 528 (1978)

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