Universal Camera Corp. v. National Labor Relations Board

Decided February 26, 1951. Felix Frankfurter delivered the opinion of the Court.

Docket 40 · 340 U.S. 474 (1951) · Cited 8,363 times

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How the Justices voted

Decided 7–2.

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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.

• National Labor Relations Board v. Nevada Consolidated Copper Corp. · 316 U.S. 105 (1942)
• Consolidated Edison Co. v. National Labor Relations Board · 305 U.S. 197 (1938)
• National Labor Relations Board v. Hearst Publications, Inc. · 322 U.S. 111 (1944)
• National Labor Relations Board v. Columbian Enameling & Stamping Co. · 306 U.S. 292 (1939)
• Republic Aviation Corp. v. National Labor Relations Board · 324 U.S. 793 (1945)
• Funk v. United States · 290 U.S. 371 (1933)
• National Labor Relations Board v. Waterman Steamship Corp. · 309 U.S. 206 (1940)
• Swift & Co. v. Hocking Valley Railway Co. · 243 U.S. 281 (1917)
• National Labor Relations Board v. Bradford Dyeing Ass'n · 310 U.S. 318 (1940)
• United States v. Provident Trust Co. · 291 U.S. 272 (1934)
• Washington, Virginia & Maryland Coach Co. v. National Labor Relations Board · 301 U.S. 142 (1937)

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• Metropolitan Life Insurance v. Glenn · 554 U.S. 105 (2008)
• Dickinson v. Zurko · 527 U.S. 150 (1999)
• National Labor Relations Board v. Walton Manufacturing Co. · 369 U.S. 404 (1962)
• Consolo v. Federal Maritime Commission · 383 U.S. 607 (1966)
• Kisor v. Wilkie · 588 U.S. 558 (2019)
• Radio Officers' Union of the Commercial Telegraphers Union v. National Labor Relations Board · 347 U.S. 17 (1954)
• Allentown MacK Sales & Service, Inc. v. National Labor Relations Board · 522 U.S. 359 (1998)
• National Labor Relations Board v. J. H. Rutter-Rex Manufacturing Co. · 396 U.S. 258 (1969)
• Bowman Transportation, Inc. v. Arkansas-Best Freight System, Inc. · 419 U.S. 281 (1974)
• Greenlaw v. United States · 554 U.S. 237 (2008)
• American Textile Manufacturers Institute, Inc. v. Donovan · 452 U.S. 490 (1981)
• Lockhart v. United States · 577 U.S. 347 (2016)
• Illinois Central Railroad v. Norfolk & Western Railway Co. · 385 U.S. 57 (1966)
• Marine Engineers Beneficial Ass'n v. Interlake Steamship Co. · 370 U.S. 173 (1962)
• Horne v. Flores · 557 U.S. 433 (2009)
• American Ship Building Co. v. National Labor Relations Board · 380 U.S. 300 (1965)
• National Labor Relations Board v. United Insurance Co. of America · 390 U.S. 254 (1968)
• Beth Israel Hospital v. National Labor Relations Board · 437 U.S. 483 (1978)
• Local 357, International Brotherhood of Teamsters, Chauffeurs, Warehousemen & Helpers v. National Labor Relations Board · 365 U.S. 667 (1961)
• O'Keeffe v. Smith, Hinchman & Grylls Associates, Inc. · 380 U.S. 359 (1965)
• Federal Communications Commission v. Allentown Broadcasting Corp. · 349 U.S. 358 (1955)
• National Labor Relations Board v. Baptist Hospital, Inc. · 442 U.S. 773 (1979)
• Richardson v. Perales · 402 U.S. 389 (1971)
• Williams v. Taylor · 529 U.S. 362 (2000)
• Holland v. United States · 348 U.S. 121 (1954)
• United States v. Raddatz · 447 U.S. 667 (1980)
• United States v. Bass · 404 U.S. 336 (1971)
• Jacobellis v. Ohio · 378 U.S. 184 (1964)
• Waters v. Churchill · 511 U.S. 661 (1994)
• National Labor Relations Board v. Katz · 369 U.S. 736 (1962)

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