W. R. Grace & Co. v. Local Union 759, International Union of the United Rubber, Cork, Linoleum & Plastic Workers of America

Decided May 31, 1983. Harry Andrew Blackmun delivered the opinion of the Court.

Docket 81-1314 · 461 U.S. 757 (1983) · Cited 1,238 times

Holding

The award in question is properly to be enforced.

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How the Justices voted

Decided 9–0.

“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.

• United Steelworkers v. Enterprise Wheel & Car Corp. · 363 U.S. 593 (1960)
• International Brotherhood of Teamsters v. United States · 431 U.S. 324 (1977)
• Alexander v. Gardner-Denver Co. · 415 U.S. 36 (1974)
• Walker v. City of Birmingham · 388 U.S. 307 (1967)
• Hurd v. Hodge · 334 U.S. 24 (1948)
• United States v. United Mine Workers of America · 330 U.S. 258 (1947)
• Franks v. Bowman Transportation Co. · 424 U.S. 747 (1976)
• Charles Dowd Box Co. v. Courtney · 368 U.S. 502 (1962)
• Muschany v. United States · 324 U.S. 49 (1945)
• Russell v. Farley · 105 U.S. 433 (1882)

Cited by

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

• United Paperworkers International Union v. Misco, Inc. · 484 U.S. 29 (1987)
• Eastern Associated Coal Corp. v. United Mine Workers, District 17 · 531 U.S. 57 (2000)
• Firefighters Local Union No. 1784 v. Stotts · 467 U.S. 561 (1984)
• Martin v. Wilks · 490 U.S. 755 (1989)
• Belknap, Inc. v. Hale · 463 U.S. 491 (1983)
• Mission Product Holdings, Inc. v. Tempnology, LLC · 587 U.S. 370 (2019)
• Local Number 93, International Ass'n of Firefighters v. City of Cleveland · 478 U.S. 501 (1986)
• DelCostello v. International Brotherhood of Teamsters · 462 U.S. 151 (1983)
• United States v. Winstar Corp. · 518 U.S. 839 (1996)

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