National Labor Relations Board v. Bildisco & Bildisco, Debtor-In-Possession, et al.

Decided February 22, 1984. William Hubbs Rehnquist delivered the opinion of the Court.

Docket 82-818 · 465 U.S. 513 (1984) · Cited 1,085 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.

• Allied Chemical & Alkali Workers of America, Local Union No. 1 v. Pittsburgh Plate Glass Co. · 404 U.S. 157 (1971)
• National Labor Relations Board v. Lion Oil Co. · 352 U.S. 282 (1957)
• National Labor Relations Board v. Burns International Security Services, Inc. · 406 U.S. 272 (1972)
• John Wiley & Sons, Inc. v. Livingston · 376 U.S. 543 (1964)
• National Labor Relations Board v. Katz · 369 U.S. 736 (1962)
• First National Maintenance Corp. v. National Labor Relations Board · 452 U.S. 666 (1981)
• United Steelworkers v. Warrior & Gulf Navigation Co. · 363 U.S. 574 (1960)
• Mastro Plastics Corp. v. National Labor Relations Board · 350 U.S. 270 (1956)
• National Labor Relations Board v. Erie Resistor Corp. · 373 U.S. 221 (1963)
• National Labor Relations Board v. American National Insurance · 343 U.S. 395 (1952)
• National Labor Relations Board v. United Steelworkers of America · 357 U.S. 357 (1958)
• National Labor Relations Board v. Jones & Laughlin Steel Corp. · 301 U.S. 1 (1937)
• Lorillard v. Pons · 434 U.S. 575 (1978)
• Fibreboard Paper Products Corp. v. National Labor Relations Board · 379 U.S. 203 (1964)
• Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith, Inc. v. Curran · 456 U.S. 353 (1982)
• Charles Dowd Box Co. v. Courtney · 368 U.S. 502 (1962)
• National Labor Relations Board v. J. Weingarten, Inc. · 420 U.S. 251 (1975)
• Howard Johnson Co. v. Detroit Local Joint Executive Board · 417 U.S. 249 (1974)
• National Labor Relations Board v. Local Union No. 103, International Ass'n of Bridge, Structural & Ornamental Iron Workers · 434 U.S. 335 (1978)
• Railway Employes' Department v. Hanson · 351 U.S. 225 (1956)
• H. K. Porter Co. v. National Labor Relations Board · 397 U.S. 99 (1970)
• Reading Co. v. Brown · 391 U.S. 471 (1968)
• Group of Institutional Investors v. Chicago, M., St. P. & P.R. Co., and 9 Other Cases · 318 U.S. 523 (1943)
• Southport Petroleum Co. v. National Labor Relations Board · 315 U.S. 100 (1942)

Cited by

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

• Mission Product Holdings, Inc. v. Tempnology, LLC · 587 U.S. 370 (2019)
• Florida Department of Revenue v. Piccadilly Cafeterias, Inc. · 554 U.S. 33 (2008)
• Midlantic National Bank v. New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection · 474 U.S. 494 (1986)
• Hoffman Plastic Compounds, Inc. v. National Labor Relations Board · 535 U.S. 137 (2002)
• Harrington v. Purdue Pharma L.P. · 603 U.S. 204 (2024)
• Pioneer Investment Services Co. v. Brunswick Associates Ltd. Partnership · 507 U.S. 380 (1993)
• BFP v. Resolution Trust Corporation · 511 U.S. 531 (1994)
• Martin v. Wilks · 490 U.S. 755 (1989)
• Richards v. Jefferson County · 517 U.S. 793 (1996)
• National Labor Relations Board v. Financial Institution Employees, Local 1182 · 475 U.S. 192 (1986)

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