National Labor Relations Board v. Health Care & Retirement Corporation of America

Decided May 23, 1994. Anthony McLeod Kennedy delivered the opinion of the Court.

Docket 92-1964 · 511 U.S. 571 (1994) · Cited 167 times

Holding

The Board’s test for determining whether nurses are supervisors is inconsistent with the statute.

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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.

• National Labor Relations Board v. Yeshiva University · 444 U.S. 672 (1980)
• Packard Motor Car Co. v. National Labor Relations Board · 330 U.S. 485 (1947)
• National Labor Relations Board v. Bell Aerospace Co. · 416 U.S. 267 (1974)
• Public Employees Retirement System of Ohio v. Betts · 492 U.S. 158 (1989)
• American Hospital Ass'n v. National Labor Relations Board · 499 U.S. 606 (1991)
• Florida Power & Light Co. v. International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, Local 641 · 417 U.S. 790 (1974)
• Pierce v. Underwood · 487 U.S. 552 (1988)
• Fall River Dyeing & Finishing Corp. v. National Labor Relations Board · 482 U.S. 27 (1987)
• National Labor Relations Board v. Curtin Matheson Scientific, Inc. · 494 U.S. 775 (1990)

Cited by

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

• National Labor Relations Board v. Kentucky River Community Care, Inc. · 532 U.S. 706 (2001)
• Vance v. Ball State Univ. · 570 U.S. 421 (2013)
• Department of Agriculture Rural Development Rural Housing Service v. Kirtz · 601 U.S. 42 (2024)

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Source: Supreme Court of the United States, slip opinions (1994). Citation count from the Free Law Project’s CourtListener bulk data. Data last verified 2026-07-03. Informational only; verify against the primary source before relying. Not a consumer report (FCRA).