San Diego Building Trades Council et al. v. Garmon et al.
Decided March 25, 1957. Earl Warren delivered the opinion of the Court.
Docket 50 · 353 U.S. 26 (1957) · Cited 131 times
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How the Justices voted
Decided 6–2.
Majority · 6
- Earl Warren · delivered the opinion of the Court
- Felix Frankfurter
- Hugo Lafayette Black
- John Marshall Harlan
- William Joseph Brennan Jr.
- William Orville Douglas
Dissenting · 2
- Harold Hitz Burton · filed a dissenting opinion
- Tom C. Clark
“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.
- United Construction Workers v. Laburnum Construction Corp. · 347 U.S. 656 (1954)
Cited by
Later Supreme Court opinions in our collection that cite this case.
- San Diego Building Trades Council v. Garmon · 359 U.S. 236 (1959)
- De Canas v. Bica · 424 U.S. 351 (1976)
- International Union, United Automobile, Aircraft & Agricultural Implement Workers v. Russell · 356 U.S. 634 (1958)
- Three Affiliated Tribes of the Fort Berthold Reservation v. Wold Engineering, P. C. · 467 U.S. 138 (1984)
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