National Labor Relations Board v. Gissel Packing Co., Inc., et al.

Decided June 16, 1969. Earl Warren delivered the opinion of the Court.

Docket 573 · 395 U.S. 575 (1969) · Cited 1,586 times

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How the Justices voted

Decided 8–0.

“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.

• Franks Bros. v. National Labor Relations Board · 321 U.S. 702 (1944)
• United Mine Workers of America v. Arkansas Oak Flooring Co. · 351 U.S. 62 (1956)
• New York Times Co. v. Sullivan · 376 U.S. 254 (1964)
• Consolo v. Federal Maritime Commission · 383 U.S. 607 (1966)
• Fibreboard Paper Products Corp. v. National Labor Relations Board · 379 U.S. 203 (1964)
• National Labor Relations Board v. Katz · 369 U.S. 736 (1962)
• Brooks v. National Labor Relations Board · 348 U.S. 96 (1954)
• International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union v. National Labor Relations Board · 366 U.S. 731 (1961)
• Textile Workers Union v. Darlington Manufacturing Co. · 380 U.S. 263 (1965)
• National Labor Relations Board v. Virginia Electric & Power Co. · 314 U.S. 469 (1941)
• National Labor Relations Board v. Bradford Dyeing Ass'n · 310 U.S. 318 (1940)
• National Labor Relations Board v. P. Lorillard Co. · 314 U.S. 512 (1942)

Cited by

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

• Virginia State Board of Pharmacy v. Virginia Citizens Consumer Council, Inc. · 425 U.S. 748 (1976)
• National Labor Relations Board v. Burns International Security Services, Inc. · 406 U.S. 272 (1972)
• Allentown MacK Sales & Service, Inc. v. National Labor Relations Board · 522 U.S. 359 (1998)
• National Labor Relations Board v. Savair Manufacturing Co. · 414 U.S. 270 (1973)
• Chamber of Commerce of United States v. Brown · 554 U.S. 60 (2008)
• R. A. v. v. City of St. Paul · 505 U.S. 377 (1992)
• Bates v. State Bar of Arizona · 433 U.S. 350 (1977)
• Young v. American Mini Theatres, Inc. · 427 U.S. 50 (1976)
• New York Times Co. v. United States · 403 U.S. 713 (1971)
• National Labor Relations Board v. Robbins Tire & Rubber Co. · 437 U.S. 214 (1978)
• McGautha v. California · 402 U.S. 183 (1971)
• Ohralik v. Ohio State Bar Assn. · 436 U.S. 447 (1978)
• Bill Johnson's Restaurants, Inc. v. National Labor Relations Board · 461 U.S. 731 (1983)
• United Food & Commercial Workers Union Local 751 v. Brown Group, Inc. · 517 U.S. 544 (1996)
• National Labor Relations Board v. J. Weingarten, Inc. · 420 U.S. 251 (1975)
• Belknap, Inc. v. Hale · 463 U.S. 491 (1983)
• Hoffman Plastic Compounds, Inc. v. National Labor Relations Board · 535 U.S. 137 (2002)
• BE&K Construction Co. v. National Labor Relations Board · 536 U.S. 516 (2002)

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