National Labor Relations Board v. J. H. Rutter-Rex Manufacturing Co., Inc., et al.

Decided December 15, 1969. Thurgood Marshall delivered the opinion of the Court.

Docket 32 · 396 U.S. 258 (1969) · Cited 302 times

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How the Justices voted

Decided 5–3.

“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.

• Universal Camera Corp. v. National Labor Relations Board · 340 U.S. 474 (1951)
• National Labor Relations Board v. Seven-Up Bottling Co. of Miami, Inc. · 344 U.S. 344 (1953)
• Phelps Dodge Corp. v. National Labor Relations Board · 313 U.S. 177 (1941)
• 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)
• National Labor Relations Board v. Brown · 380 U.S. 278 (1965)
• Mastro Plastics Corp. v. National Labor Relations Board · 350 U.S. 270 (1956)
• Nathanson v. National Labor Relations Board · 344 U.S. 25 (1952)

Cited by

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

• Albemarle Paper Co. v. Moody · 422 U.S. 405 (1975)
• Sure-Tan, Inc. v. National Labor Relations Board · 467 U.S. 883 (1984)
• Franks v. Bowman Transportation Co. · 424 U.S. 747 (1976)
• Golden State Bottling Co. v. National Labor Relations Board · 414 U.S. 168 (1973)
• 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)
• National Labor Relations Board v. Raytheon Co. · 398 U.S. 25 (1970)

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