National Labor Relations Board v. Great Dane Trailers, Inc.

Decided June 12, 1967. Earl Warren delivered the opinion of the Court.

Docket 781 · 388 U.S. 26 (1967) · Cited 491 times

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How the Justices voted

Decided 7–2.

“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.

• National Labor Relations Board v. Brown · 380 U.S. 278 (1965)
• National Labor Relations Board v. Erie Resistor Corp. · 373 U.S. 221 (1963)
• American Ship Building Co. v. National Labor Relations Board · 380 U.S. 300 (1965)
• National Labor Relations Board v. C & C Plywood Corp. · 385 U.S. 421 (1967)
• Republic Aviation Corp. v. National Labor Relations Board · 324 U.S. 793 (1945)
• Universal Camera Corp. v. National Labor Relations Board · 340 U.S. 474 (1951)
• Smith v. Evening News Assn. · 371 U.S. 195 (1962)
• National Labor Relations Board v. MacKay Radio & Telegraph Co. · 304 U.S. 333 (1938)
• 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)
• Local 357, International Brotherhood of Teamsters, Chauffeurs, Warehousemen & Helpers v. National Labor Relations Board · 365 U.S. 667 (1961)

Cited by

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

• National Labor Relations Board v. Fleetwood Trailer Co. · 389 U.S. 375 (1967)
• Metropolitan Edison Co. v. National Labor Relations Board · 460 U.S. 693 (1983)
• Trans World Airlines, Inc. v. Independent Federation of Flight Attendants · 489 U.S. 426 (1989)
• Belknap, Inc. v. Hale · 463 U.S. 491 (1983)
• General Electric Co. v. Gilbert · 429 U.S. 125 (1976)
• National Labor Relations Board v. Curtin Matheson Scientific, Inc. · 494 U.S. 775 (1990)
• National Labor Relations Board v. Strong · 393 U.S. 357 (1969)

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