AMERICAN SHIP BUILDING CO. v. NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS BOARD (1965)

AMERICAN SHIP BUILDING CO. v. NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS BOARD
	Term: 1964
Important Dates
	Argued: January 21, 1965
	Decided: March 29, 1965
Outcome
	Reversed
Vote
	9-0
Majority
	Hugo Black • William Brennan • Tom Clark • William Douglas • John Harlan II • Potter Stewart
Concurring
	Arthur Goldberg • Earl Warren • Byron White

AMERICAN SHIP BUILDING CO. v. NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS BOARD is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on March 29, 1965. The case was argued before the court on January 21, 1965.

In a 9-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the U.S. Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit (includes the Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia but not the District of Columbia Court of Appeals, which has local jurisdiction).

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About the case

Subject matter: Unions - Labor-management disputes: employee discharge
Petitioner: employer. If employer's relations with employees are governed by the nature of the employer's business (e.g., railroad, boat), rather than labor law generally, the more specific designation is used in place of Employer.
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: National Labor Relations Board, or regional office or officer
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 380 U.S. 300
How the court took jurisdiction: Cert
What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
Who was the chief justice: Earl Warren
Who wrote the majority opinion: Potter Stewart

These data points were accessed from The Supreme Court Database, which also attempts to categorize the ideological direction of the court's ruling in each case. This case's ruling was categorized as conservative.