CAPITAL SERVICE, INC. et al. v. NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS BOARD (1954)

CAPITAL SERVICE, INC. et al. v. NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS BOARD
	Term: 1953
Important Dates
	Argued: April 6, 1954
	Decided: May 17, 1954
Outcome
	Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
	7-1
Majority
	Harold Burton • Tom Clark • William Douglas • Felix Frankfurter • Sherman Minton • Stanley Reed • Earl Warren
Dissenting
	Hugo Black

CAPITAL SERVICE, INC. et al. v. NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS BOARD is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on May 17, 1954. The case was argued before the court on April 6, 1954.

In a 7-1 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the California Southern U.S. District Court.

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About the case

Subject matter: Federalism - federal pre-emption of state court jurisdiction
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: 347 U.S. 501
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: William Douglas

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 liberal.