United Paperworkers International Union, Afl-Cio, et al. v. Misco, Inc.

Decided December 1, 1987. Byron Raymond White delivered the opinion of the Court.

Docket 86-651 · 484 U.S. 29 (1987) · Cited 2,748 times

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How the Justices voted

Decided 8–0.

“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.

• W. R. Grace & Co. v. Local Union 759, International Union of the United Rubber, Cork, Linoleum & Plastic Workers · 461 U.S. 757 (1983)
• United Steelworkers v. Enterprise Wheel & Car Corp. · 363 U.S. 593 (1960)
• Muschany v. United States · 324 U.S. 49 (1945)
• At&T Technologies, Inc. v. Communications Workers · 475 U.S. 643 (1986)
• United Steelworkers v. American Manufacturing Co. · 363 U.S. 564 (1960)
• Textile Workers v. Lincoln Mills of Ala. · 353 U.S. 448 (1957)
• John Wiley & Sons, Inc. v. Livingston · 376 U.S. 543 (1964)
• Commonwealth Coatings Corp. v. Continental Casualty Co. · 393 U.S. 145 (1968)
• Hurd v. Hodge · 334 U.S. 24 (1948)
• McMullen v. Hoffman · 174 U.S. 639 (1899)
• Twin City Pipe Line Co. v. Harding Glass Co. · 283 U.S. 353 (1931)

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• Major League Baseball Players Assn. v. Garvey · 532 U.S. 504 (2001)
• Eastern Associated Coal Corp. v. United Mine Workers, District 17 · 531 U.S. 57 (2000)
• Stolt-Nielsen S. A. v. AnimalFeeds International Corp. · 559 U.S. 662 (2010)
• Lingle v. Norge Division of Magic Chef, Inc. · 486 U.S. 399 (1988)
• Oxford Health Plans LLC v. Sutter · 569 U.S. 564 (2013)
• Hawaiian Airlines, Inc. v. Norris · 512 U.S. 246 (1994)
• Chandler v. Miller · 520 U.S. 305 (1997)
• Rush Prudential HMO, Inc. v. Moran · 536 U.S. 355 (2002)

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