National Labor Relations Board v. Seven-Up Bottling Company of Miami, Inc.

Decided January 12, 1953. Felix Frankfurter delivered the opinion of the Court.

Docket 217 · 344 U.S. 344 (1953) · Cited 537 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.

• Phelps Dodge Corp. v. National Labor Relations Board · 313 U.S. 177 (1941)
• Republic Steel Corp. v. National Labor Relations Board · 311 U.S. 7 (1940)
• National Labor Relations Board v. Pennsylvania Greyhound Lines, Inc. · 303 U.S. 261 (1938)
• National Labor Relations Board v. Gullett Gin Co. · 340 U.S. 361 (1951)
• Consolidated Edison Co. v. National Labor Relations Board · 305 U.S. 197 (1938)
• Virginia Electric & Power Co. v. National Labor Relations Board · 319 U.S. 533 (1943)
• Helvering v. R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Co. · 306 U.S. 110 (1939)
• Marshall Field & Co. v. National Labor Relations Board · 318 U.S. 253 (1943)
• Taft v. Commissioner · 304 U.S. 351 (1938)

Cited by

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

• Fibreboard Paper Products Corp. v. National Labor Relations Board · 379 U.S. 203 (1964)
• Sure-Tan, Inc. v. National Labor Relations Board · 467 U.S. 883 (1984)
• National Labor Relations Board v. J. H. Rutter-Rex Manufacturing Co. · 396 U.S. 258 (1969)
• Hoffman Plastic Compounds, Inc. v. National Labor Relations Board · 535 U.S. 137 (2002)
• Local 60, United Brotherhood of Carpenters & Joiners v. National Labor Relations Board · 365 U.S. 651 (1961)
• National Labor Relations Board v. Ochoa Fertilizer Corp. · 368 U.S. 318 (1961)
• Chevron U. S. A. Inc. v. Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc. · 467 U.S. 837 (1984)
• Consolo v. Federal Maritime Commission · 383 U.S. 607 (1966)
• National Labor Relations Board v. Bell Aerospace Co. · 416 U.S. 267 (1974)
• Bill Johnson's Restaurants, Inc. v. National Labor Relations Board · 461 U.S. 731 (1983)
• National Labor Relations Board v. Wyman-Gordon Co. · 394 U.S. 759 (1969)
• National Labor Relations Board v. Catholic Bishop · 440 U.S. 490 (1979)
• National Labor Relations Board v. J. Weingarten, Inc. · 420 U.S. 251 (1975)
• United States v. Shimer · 367 U.S. 374 (1961)
• Brooks v. National Labor Relations Board · 348 U.S. 96 (1954)
• Detroit Edison Co. v. National Labor Relations Board · 440 U.S. 301 (1979)
• National Labor Relations Board v. Yeshiva University · 444 U.S. 672 (1980)
• National Labor Relations Board v. Metropolitan Life Insurance · 380 U.S. 438 (1965)
• Federal Communications Commission v. RCA Communications, Inc. · 346 U.S. 86 (1953)
• Federal Power Commission v. Colorado Interstate Gas Co. · 348 U.S. 492 (1955)

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