Ohio Adjutant General’s Dept. v. FLRA
Decided May 18, 2023. Clarence Thomas delivered the opinion of the Court.
Docket 21-1454 · 598 U.S. 449 (2023) · Cited 7 times
Holding
The Federal Labor Relations Authority had jurisdiction over this labor dispute because a State National Guard acts as a federal agency for purposes of the Federal Service Labor-Management Relations Statute, 5 U. S. C. §7101 et seq., when it hires and supervises dual-status technicians serving in their civilian role.
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How the Justices voted
Decided 7–2.
Majority · 7
- John G. Roberts, Jr.
- Clarence Thomas · delivered the opinion of the Court
- Sonia Sotomayor
- Elena Kagan
- Brett M. Kavanaugh
- Amy Coney Barrett
- Ketanji Brown Jackson
Dissenting · 2
- Samuel A. Alito, Jr. · filed a dissenting opinion
- Neil M. Gorsuch
“Concurring” means agreeing with the outcome; any split shown is the Court’s judgment, not each Justice’s reasoning. The lineup is the syllabus’s disposition of who wrote and joined each opinion. Source: the opinion’s syllabus (supremecourt.gov).
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.
- Seminole Tribe of Florida v. Florida · 517 U.S. 44 (1996)
- Steel Co. v. Citizens for a Better Environment · 523 U.S. 83 (1998)
- Daimler AG v. Bauman · 571 U.S. 117 (2014)
- Wilson v. Layne · 526 U.S. 603 (1999)
- Alexander v. Sandoval · 532 U.S. 275 (2001)
- Youngstown Sheet & Tube Co. v. Sawyer · 343 U.S. 579 (1952)
- Hardt v. Reliance Standard Life Insurance Co. · 560 U.S. 242 (2010)
- American Power & Light Co. v. Securities & Exchange Commission · 329 U.S. 90 (1946)
- Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco & Firearms v. Federal Labor Relations Authority · 464 U.S. 89 (1983)
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