Packard Motor Car Co. v. National Labor Relations Board

Decided March 10, 1947. Robert Houghwout Jackson delivered the opinion of the Court.

Docket 658 · 330 U.S. 485 (1947) · Cited 525 times

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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.

• Phelps Dodge Corp. v. National Labor Relations Board · 313 U.S. 177 (1941)
• National Labor Relations Board v. Hearst Publications, Inc. · 322 U.S. 111 (1944)
• Texas & NOR Co. v. Brotherhood of Ry. & Steamship Clerks · 281 U.S. 548 (1930)
• National Labor Relations Board v. Link-Belt Co. · 311 U.S. 584 (1941)
• International Association of MacHinists Tool and Die Makers Lodge No. 35 v. National Labor Relations Board · 311 U.S. 72 (1940)
• Pittsburgh Plate Glass Co. v. National Labor Relations Board · 313 U.S. 146 (1941)
• Ellis v. Union Pacific Railroad · 329 U.S. 649 (1947)
• H. J. Heinz Co. v. National Labor Relations Board · 311 U.S. 514 (1941)

Cited by

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

• National Labor Relations Board v. Health Care & Retirement Corp. of America · 511 U.S. 571 (1994)
• National Labor Relations Board v. Bell Aerospace Co. · 416 U.S. 267 (1974)
• National Labor Relations Board v. Hendricks County Rural Electric Membership Corp. · 454 U.S. 170 (1981)
• Allied Chemical & Alkali Workers of America, Local Union No. 1 v. Pittsburgh Plate Glass Co. · 404 U.S. 157 (1971)
• Bethlehem Steel Co. v. New York State Labor Relations Board · 330 U.S. 767 (1947)
• South Prairie Construction Co. v. Local No. 627, International Union of Operating Engineers · 425 U.S. 800 (1976)
• National Labor Relations Board v. Kentucky River Community Care, Inc. · 532 U.S. 706 (2001)
• Marine Engineers Beneficial Ass'n v. Interlake Steamship Co. · 370 U.S. 173 (1962)
• Florida Power & Light Co. v. International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, Local 641 · 417 U.S. 790 (1974)
• Immigration & Naturalization Service v. Cardoza-Fonseca · 480 U.S. 421 (1987)
• Ernst & Ernst v. Hochfelder · 425 U.S. 185 (1976)
• Ex Parte Collett · 337 U.S. 55 (1949)
• Guss v. Utah Labor Relations Board · 353 U.S. 1 (1957)
• NLRB v. Pipefitters · 429 U.S. 507 (1977)
• National Labor Relations Board v. Town & Country Electric, Inc. · 516 U.S. 85 (1995)
• Beasley v. Food Fair of North Carolina, Inc. · 416 U.S. 653 (1974)
• La Crosse Telephone Corp. v. Wisconsin Employment Relations Board · 336 U.S. 18 (1949)
• National Labor Relations Board v. E. C. Atkins & Co. · 331 U.S. 398 (1947)

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