United Mine Workers of America v. Pennington et al.

Decided June 7, 1965. Byron Raymond White delivered the opinion of the Court.

Docket 48 · 381 U.S. 657 (1965) · Cited 1,808 times

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How the Justices voted

Decided 9–0.

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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.

• Allen Bradley Co. v. Local Union No. 3, International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers · 325 U.S. 797 (1945)
• United States v. Hutcheson · 312 U.S. 219 (1941)
• Eastern Railroad Presidents Conference v. Noerr Motor Freight, Inc. · 365 U.S. 127 (1961)
• United Brotherhood of Carpenters & Joiners of America v. United States · 330 U.S. 395 (1947)
• Continental Ore Co. v. Union Carbide & Carbon Corp. · 370 U.S. 690 (1962)
• Apex Hosiery Co. v. Leader · 310 U.S. 469 (1940)
• Local 24, International Brotherhood of Teamsters v. Oliver · 358 U.S. 283 (1959)
• Fibreboard Paper Products Corp. v. National Labor Relations Board · 379 U.S. 203 (1964)
• Schenck v. United States · 249 U.S. 47 (1919)
• United States v. Borden Co. · 308 U.S. 188 (1939)
• Federal Trade Commission v. Cement Institute · 333 U.S. 683 (1948)
• Associated Press v. United States · 326 U.S. 1 (1945)
• Interstate Circuit, Inc. v. United States · 306 U.S. 208 (1939)
• Fashion Originators' Guild of America, Inc. v. Federal Trade Commission · 312 U.S. 457 (1941)
• National Labor Relations Board v. Truck Drivers Local Union No. 449 · 353 U.S. 87 (1957)
• Heike v. United States · 227 U.S. 131 (1913)
• United States v. Employing Plasterers Assn. of Chicago · 347 U.S. 186 (1954)
• United States v. Reading Co. · 253 U.S. 26 (1920)
• American Medical Assn. v. United States · 317 U.S. 519 (1943)
• American Column & Lumber Co. v. United States · 257 U.S. 377 (1921)

Cited by

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• Brown v. Pro Football, Inc. · 518 U.S. 231 (1996)
• Ramsey v. United Mine Workers · 401 U.S. 302 (1971)
• Eastern Enterprises v. Apfel · 524 U.S. 498 (1998)
• Group Life & Health Insurance v. Royal Drug Co. · 440 U.S. 205 (1979)
• Professional Real Estate Investors, Inc. v. Columbia Pictures Industries, Inc. · 508 U.S. 49 (1993)
• Connell Construction Co. v. Plumbers & Steamfitters Local Union No. 100 · 421 U.S. 616 (1975)
• California Motor Transport Co. v. Trucking Unlimited · 404 U.S. 508 (1972)
• Allied Tube & Conduit Corp. v. Indian Head, Inc. · 486 U.S. 492 (1988)
• American Federation of Musicians v. Carroll · 391 U.S. 99 (1968)
• City of Lafayette v. Louisiana Power & Light Co. · 435 U.S. 389 (1978)
• Volkswagenwerk Aktiengesellschaft v. Federal Maritime Commission · 390 U.S. 261 (1968)
• BE&K Construction Co. v. National Labor Relations Board · 536 U.S. 516 (2002)
• Associated General Contractors of California, Inc. v. California State Council of Carpenters · 459 U.S. 519 (1983)
• City of Columbia v. Omni Outdoor Advertising, Inc. · 499 U.S. 365 (1991)
• National Woodwork Manufacturers Ass'n v. National Labor Relations Board · 386 U.S. 612 (1967)
• Hartford Fire Ins. Co. v. California · 509 U.S. 764 (1993)
• Southern Motor Carriers Rate Conference, Inc. v. United States · 471 U.S. 48 (1985)
• R. A. v. v. City of St. Paul · 505 U.S. 377 (1992)
• National Society of Professional Engineers v. United States · 435 U.S. 679 (1978)
• Allied Chemical & Alkali Workers of America, Local Union No. 1 v. Pittsburgh Plate Glass Co. · 404 U.S. 157 (1971)
• Kaiser Steel Corp. v. Mullins · 455 U.S. 72 (1982)
• Hoover v. Ronwin · 466 U.S. 558 (1984)
• New Motor Vehicle Bd. of Cal. v. Orrin W. Fox Co. · 439 U.S. 96 (1978)
• Flood v. Kuhn · 407 U.S. 258 (1972)
• Federal Trade Commission v. Ticor Title Insurance · 504 U.S. 621 (1992)
• United Mine Workers of America Health & Retirement Funds v. Robinson · 455 U.S. 562 (1982)

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