National Labor Relations Board v. Industrial Union of Marine & Shipbuilding Workers of America, Afl-Cio, et al.

Decided May 27, 1968. William Orville Douglas delivered the opinion of the Court.

Docket 611 · 391 U.S. 418 (1968) · Cited 293 times

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How the Justices voted

Decided 8–1.

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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.

• Railroad Comm'n of Tex. v. Pullman Co. · 312 U.S. 496 (1941)
• Myers v. Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corp. · 303 U.S. 41 (1938)
• Leedom v. Kyne · 358 U.S. 184 (1958)
• McNeese v. Board of Education for Community Unit School District 187 Cahokia · 373 U.S. 668 (1963)
• National Labor Relations Board v. Allis-Chalmers Manufacturing Co. · 388 U.S. 175 (1967)
• McCulloch v. Sociedad Nacional De Marineros De Honduras · 372 U.S. 10 (1963)
• Public Util. Comm'n of Cal. v. United States · 355 U.S. 534 (1958)
• Greene v. United States · 376 U.S. 149 (1964)
• Nash v. Florida Industrial Commission · 389 U.S. 235 (1967)
• National Labor Relations Board v. Indiana & Michigan Electric Co. · 318 U.S. 9 (1943)

Cited by

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

• Clayton v. International Union, United Automobile, Aerospace, & Agricultural Implement Workers · 451 U.S. 679 (1981)
• Pattern Makers' League v. National Labor Relations Board · 473 U.S. 95 (1985)
• Local No. 82, Furniture & Piano Moving, Furniture Store Drivers, Helpers, Warehousemen & Packers v. Crowley · 467 U.S. 526 (1984)
• Scofield v. National Labor Relations Board · 394 U.S. 423 (1969)
• National Labor Relations Board v. Boeing Co. · 412 U.S. 67 (1973)
• National Labor Relations Board v. Scrivener · 405 U.S. 117 (1972)
• National Labor Relations Board v. Financial Institution Employees, Local 1182 · 475 U.S. 192 (1986)

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